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Update: 38, 429 People Vaccinated Against COVID-19

By Nelson Manneh Gambian health authorities have over the weekend indicated that thirty-eight thousand four hundred and twenty-nine people have so far received the 1st and...

36-Year-Old Teacher Seeks Support for Overseas Treatment

Dodou Badjie, a native of Banyaka village and teacher by profession, seeks support to undergo overseas treatment. According to Mr. Badjie, he was diagnosed...

Gambia Registers 3 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has registered three new cases of the coronavirus during the weekend, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed...

5-year-old Male Child Needs Help For Overseas Treatment

Nyima Sillah, mother of five-year-old male child, is looking for assistance to continue the treatment of her son diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot. She said...

EU Disburses D4 Billion to Support Government’s Covid-19 Response Plan

By Ndey Sowe H.E. Corrado Pampaloni, the European Union (EU) Ambassador to The Gambia, has disclosed that they have disbursed around four billion dalasi (34...

Gambians Say Covid-19 Restrictions have impacted on their Right to Movement

By: Kebba AF Touray Scores of Gambians, especially women vendors, within the Greater Banjul Area, have decried that the Covid-19 restrictions impacting negatively on their...

Health Ministry to Prioritize Second COVID-19 Dose Vaccine to First Takers

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health has informed that the first takers of the COVID-19 vaccine will be given priority to take the second...

Impact of Covid-19 on Gambia’s Legal Aid Agency

By Yankuba Jallow The battering of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of Gambians has not gone unnoticed. The negative impact of the...

Twenty-Five New Contacts Of The Indian COVID-19 Variant Traced

By Nelson Manneh Health Authorities have on Thursday 3rd June 2021 said they have traced Twenty-five new contacts of the Indian variant and they are monitoring...

Update: 28,590 People Vaccinated Against COVID-19

By Nelson Manneh Health Officers have over the weekend said twenty-eight thousand, five hundred and ninety people have received the COVID-19 vaccines as of the...

Interim Report Shows Gambia Grappling With Food Deficiency

By Ndey Sowe An Interim project report 2019-2020 on “Improving Food Security and Nutrition in The Gambia through Food Fortification” has revealed that the country...

Report Outlines Obstacles Of Tobacco Control in Gambia

By Ndey Sowe The Gambia Tobacco Industry Mapping Report has indicated that tobacco industry interference remains a critical component that undermines, delays and subverts tobacco...

Gambia Registers 12 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Thursday 27th May 2021 registered twelve new cases of coronavirus taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed...

Two Suspects Tested Negative for Indian Variant of Covid-19

The Ministry of Health has on Thursday said two travelers, who were tested with Rapid Diagnostic Test (STANDARD Q COVID-19 Ag Test) at the...

Father of One-Year-Old Infant Seeks Medical Assistance for his Son

By Nelson Manneh The father of one Alagie Mod Sallah, a 1-year-old infant residing in Sukuta Nema, Kanifing Municipality, is seeking medical assistance for his...

Gambia Records One New COVID-19 Related Death, 4 New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend recorded one new COVID-19-related death, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to one hundred...

Gambia Registers Two New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Thursday 20th May 2021 registered two new cases of Coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed...

Gambia Records 4 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Monday 10th May 2021 registered four new cases of the coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever...

“National Health Insurance Bill Seeks to Fulfill Right to Health Care...

By: Kebba AF Touray The Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has told lawmakers in Banjul that the National Health Insurance Bill (NHIB) 2020,...

Update: 22,833 People Vaccinated Against COVID-19

By Nelson Manneh Health authorities have over the weekend indicated that twenty-two thousand, eight hundred and thirty-three (22,833) people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as...