WHO Representative Urges Community Action in combating TB
By Ndey Sowe
Dr. Nathan Bakyaita, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to The Gambia, has emphasized the need for stronger community involvement in TB...
MCA Shuts Down Opticalia Senegambia Branch for Importing Unlicensed Eye-Drops
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has temporarily shut down the Opticalia Senegambia Branch after discovering the facility was importing unlicensed eye drops...
Africa CDC Launches Podcast to Intensify Public Health Conversations
By Nelson Manneh
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched the Africa Public Health Podcast, a platform aimed at amplifying...
Solace Foundation Trains Healthcare Workers on Early Breast Cancer Detection
By Ndey Sowe
The Solace Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to cancer awareness and advocacy in The Gambia, has launched the first-ever National Breast Cancer...
NAO Challenges Health Ministry to Ensure Full Utilization of Mental Health...
By Kebba AF Touray
The National Audit Office (NAO) has challenged the Ministry of Health (MOH) to ensure the full utilization of the mental health...
“Paracetamol always available at Kanifing General Hospital”
In response to a story published by Foroyaa, the public relations officer at Kanifing General Hospital called Foroyaa to say that what Foroyaa published...
Gambia’s major hospitals in crisis
amid limited supply of essential medicines
By Amadou Manjang
On the evening of November 15, 2024, Isatou walked into Serekunda General Hospital seeking medical attention for...
Gambia’s Mental Healthcare Delivery Marred by Inadequate Psychiatrists
By Kebba AF TourayThe National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that inadequate qualified mental health personnel are affecting healthcare service delivery at health facilities.The...
FALSE! FGM Has Profound Health Implications For Women, Girls
By Nelson Manneh
Claim: A religious leader in The Gambia, Imam Abdoulie Fatty, asserted that female genital mutilation (FGM) has no health implications.
Verdict: This claim...
MRCG Clinical Service Departmnet Resume Operation
By Assan Bah
The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRCG) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, on Thursday December 19, 2024...
Research Explores Clinical Outcomes of Untreated Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in...
Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) affects approximately three hundred million people worldwide. Under current international guidelines, most of these people with chronic...
MCA Warns against Use of 2 Degraded Drugs
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicines Control Agency on Saturday, 4 October 2024 recalled two medicinal products (Salbutamol Oral Solution and Plasmodial tablets) from the Gambian...
Why Substance Abuse is a Public Health Concern in The Gambia
By Sariba Manneh
Cannabis and Ecstasy are common causes of mental illness in The Gambia and 88% of total patients admitted to the Government-run Tanka...
WAHO Screens over Thousands of Women for Breast, Cervical Cancer
By Kebba AF Touray
The Director General of West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) has informed members of the ECOWAS Parliament’s joint committee that his organization...
More Cuban Health Professionals Arrive in The Gambia to Cure, Save...
Banjul, Sep 9, 2024- New Cuban health professionals arrived in the Gambia to join the Caribbean Island's Medical Brigade (BMC) which has been curing...
Over D11 Billion Invested in Africa’s Health Technology
By Kebba AF Touray
Hon. Kassam
Dr. Jacob Kassam, a former Member of Plateau State’s House of Assembly in Nigeria, said a total of US$170 Million,...
All suspected cases of Mpox in Gambia are negative
Amadou Manjang
According to the Ministry of Health Situation Report, there is no confirmed case of Mpox in The Gambia because all suspected cases were...
MRCG / LSHTM Hosts Collaborative Training with Stakeholders on Bio-informatics
The Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) recently conducted a four-day Basic Linux...
MRC-G / LSHTM Strengthens Staff Capacities to Enhance Preparedness, Response to...
On August 26, 2024, the Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM), commenced a...
WHO Declares Mpox Global Health Emergency
By Nelson Manneh
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday 14th August 2024 declared mpox outbreak in parts of Africa as a public health emergency...
