Gambia, China Committed to Combat Coronavirus
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samamteh has met with the Chinese Ambassador H.E. Ma Jianchun for...
Health Minister Presides Over National Action Plan For Health Security
By Makutu Manneh
The Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, on Monday February 10th 2020, presided over the finalization of a National Action Plan...
VP Touray, UNICEF Sign Declaration to End Open Defecation in the...
By Ndey Sowe
The Gambia has made a landmark commitment and pledge to ‘‘End Open Defecation’’ by 2020 as Dr. Isatou Touray the Vice President...
UNICEF Donates Equipment worth D25 Million
By Nelson Manneh
The Health Minister Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh on Friday 6th February 2020 informed the National Assembly Select Committee on Health that UNICEF...
Health Minister Says Gambia is free from the Coronavirus virus
By Yankuba Jallow and Nelson Manneh
Dr. Amadou Samateh has told the National Assembly Select Committee on Health that the country is free from the...
Coronavirus: Gambia Will Not Impose Travel, Trade Restrictions on China
By Momodou Jarju
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, has disclosed that they would not impose travel and trade restrictions on...
Parliamentary Health Committee Engages Stakeholders on Women Discriminatory Bill
By: Kebba AF Touray
The National Assembly Select Committee on Health has on January 22nd 2020 engaged stakeholders on the proposed Women’s’ (Amendment of Discriminatory...
Gambia, Cuba Renew Health Cooperation Agreement
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Republic of the Gambia and Cuba have on Wednesday January 8th 2020, at the Health Ministry in Banjul renewed the...
Government Ban on Smoking in Public Places Declared
By Madi S. Njie
Two months have elapsed since the Enforcement of the Tobacco Control Act this year, and as Gambians celebrate ‘‘World No Tobacco...
“5 Billion people lack safe & affordable anaesthesia, surgical care,” –...
By Madi S. Njie and Ndey Sowe
Nita Pillai, head of programmes at the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) quoting 2015 report by...
‘Brain Drain, Lack of Facilities Undermines Health Service Delivery’ EFSTH HR...
By Madi S. Njie / Ndey Sowe
Malang Ndong, the Director of Human Resources and Administration said one of the major obstacles facing the health...
ASB Clinic Reopens
By Nelson Manneh
The Ardeiter-Samariter Bund (ASB) clinic located in Dippa Kunda in the Kanifing Municipality has been reopened by the government.
The clinic was closed...
‘Women Should Not Be Forced, Prevented From Family Planning’ UNFPA Country...
By Momodou Jarju
The United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Country Representative Kunle Adeniyi, has told members of the National Assembly Select Committee on Health, Women,...
WHO Engage the Media on Mental Health Risks, Suicide
By Nelson Manneh
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday the 31st of October 2019 engaged the media on the risks involved on mental health...
Food Testing Challenges for Export Bound Food Products
By Madi S. Njie
Papa Secka, the Director General of Gambia Standards Bureau (GSB), has unveiled that the country lacks food testing machines, as a...
Government is Optimistic ASB Clinic Will Resume Operation
By Nelson Manneh
The Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health Dr. Mustapha Bittaye has on Wednesday, 30th October said Aradeiter Samariter Bund...
32-Year-Old Adult Male Seeks Support for Overseas Medical Treatment
By Ndey Sowe
Sara Wally, a thirty-two-year-old adult male seeks overseas medical treatment to facilitate his treatment.
The man walked into Foroyaa’s office on Monday October...
‘Consume Iodine Rich Foods To Prevent Goiter’ MASS JOOF
By Abdoulie Dibba
Mass Joof of the Health Promotion Unit at the Ministry of Health has told the audience at Ndungu Kebbeh Lumo (weekly market)...
Wuli East Lawmaker, Partners Donate To Health Facilities
By: Kebba AF Touray
Suwaibou Touray, the National Assembly Member for Wuli East in collaboration with Heak Holland partners, have donated medical items to the...
ASB Clinic Closed Down Due to Complications Resulting to Loss of...
By Nelson Manneh
The Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health Dr. Mustapha Bittaye said Ardeiter-Samariter Bund (ASB) clinic has been closed down...
