Gambia Records Second COVID-19 Death
By Nelson Manneh
Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health on Sunday 21st June 2020, confirmed the registration by the...
GAMBIA RECORDS 4 NEW COVID-19 CASES Bringing the total positive...
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia yesterday 22nd June 2020 recorded four new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of cases the country has ever recorded...
Gambia records 6 new COVID-19 Cases
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has recorded six new COVID-19 cases bringing the total positive cases to 34.
Two cases were confirmed on Monday and four...
Covid-19 Response Package What Government Could Have Done Differently
By Musa Badjie
Miraculously, it came from nowhere. Scientists around the globe cannot still give a definitive answer as to how it came into the...
In The Gambia, Cuban Pediatrician Cares for Children, They Say Thank...
By Beatriz Vaillant Rodríguez (*)
Rainer Paulino Basulto, Second Degree Specialist in Pediatrics, cares for the health of children in The Gambia, a small nation...
RISK COMMUNICATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
Effective outbreak communication requires strategic messaging across different outbreak phases. As ministry of health is increasingly using social media platforms to communicate in this...
TWO NEW COVID-19 CASES Bringing the total to 28
By Nelson Manneh
Health authorities yesterday 8th June 2020 confirmed the registration of two new COVID-19 cases in the Gambia bringing the total number of...
Pandemics Cause Breakdown in Social Support Systems- Says HePDO Director
By Momodou Jarju
The Executive Director of Health Promotion and Development Organisation (HePDO), Omar Ceesay, has said that during pandemics, social support systems are usually...
TOPIC: How To Follow A Healthful Diet
Prepared by: Ousman Jallow and Yassin Samateh
UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
A healthful diet means eating nutrient dense foods, in the...
Reporters Visit COVID-19 Treatment Centre
By Ndey Sowe/Nelson Manneh
Eight Media houses were taken on a conducted tour of the country’s main COVID-19 treatment centre at the Sanatorium in Banjul,...
Another Covid-19 Patient Recovers Leaving three active cases
By Nelson Manneh and Ndey Sowe
Another person has yesterday been discharged from hospital following his recovery from the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Dr. Abubacarr Jagne the head...
National Assembly Health Committee Applauds Frontline Workers
Workers at the frontline to contain the spread of the Covid 19 disease pandemic in the Gambia have been applauded by the National Assembly...
Public Health Response To Covid-19, The Gambian Story
PART ONE
Modou Jallow & Fatoumata Sankareh
COVID-19 is an illness caused by a novel, or new, coronavirus first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019....
Accessing Health Services for Children A Challenge in Rural Gambia
as mothers lament difficulties faced
MUHAMMED S. BAH (MS)
Women in rural Gambia have raised concerns over the difficulties they face in accessing health services for...
MoH Receive Consignment of Donated PPEs from UAE, Jack Ma Foundation
By Nelson Manneh
The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Thursday 21st May 2020, received two consignments of donated medical items including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs)...
Four people recovered from COVID-19 Reducing the total number of...
By Nelson Manneh
Four COVID-19 patients have recovered from the virus leaving six others undergoing treatment.
So far, The Gambia has recorded twenty-five positive cases of...
Armitage senior school to be used as quarantine centre for COVID-19
By Nelson Manneh
Gambian Health Authorities are engaging the Board of Armitage Senior Secondary School as well as the Governor of CRR for the school...
No adherence to Safe Spacing at Brikama Market and Car Park
By Louise Jobe
Many people are still not following the Emergency Powers Regulations on safe spacing (social distancing) or gathering, especially at very busy places...
Gambia registers 25th COVID-19 Case
By Nelson Manneh
A 58-year-old woman was recently confirmed positive of the Coronavirus following her return from Senegal.
The woman, together with her husband, was on...
Kanifing Municipal Council Launches 50,000 Face Mask Initiatives
By Yankuba Jallow
Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the mayor of Kanifing Municipality on Thursday, 21st May 2020 presided over the launching ceremony of fifty thousand (50,000)...
