MCA Signs MOU to Test Medicines from China before Shipment
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) on Tuesday, 7May 2024 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) with China...
GAF Inaugurates New Clinic
By Assan Bah
The Gambia Armed Force (GAF) recently inaugurated a four-apartment complex at the Infantry Battalion in Yundum.
The clinic, which was recently accredited by...
President Barrow Receives WAYAS, MDI Delegates
Information from State House in Banjul indicates that President Barrow received delegates from WAYAS and the Management Development Institute (MDI) on the 26th of...
MRC highlights the fight against TB and its complications
Press Release, MRCG at LSHTM
27 MARCH 2024
Advancing Tuberculosis Eradication: Researchers at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM Highlight TB Complications in Children and Adolescents
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WHO grants prequalification to the polio vaccine
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has licensed the new oral polio vaccine type 2 and granted it prequalification. The objective is to completely eradicate...
MCA to Enforce Ban of Skin Bleaching Products Hazardous to Health
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has vowed to enforce the regulation on certain products including some skin bleaching products within the Gambian...
Food items donated to Serekunda Hospital in ‘excellent condition’ – Ministry...
By Amadou Manjang
The food items donated to Serekunda General Hospital by Alvihag Supermarket were in ‘excellence condition’, the Ministry of Health said.
The Ministry...
Plans afoot to fully implement gov’t policy to tackle trauma in...
By Momodou Jarju
Plans are underway to fully implement The Gambia Government’s new policy that aims to prevent and manage traumatic cases in the country....
World’s First Malaria Vaccine rolls out
The world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S was rolled out in Cameroon on 22 January, 2024 after trials. This was revealed in a press release issued...
Public Health Director Harps On the Impact of Violations of Environmental...
By Nelson Manneh
The Director of Public Health Services at the Ministry of Health, Dr Manjang, recently spoke to Foroyaa to elucidate the impact of...
Research reveals alarming findings on diabetes, hypertension in Gambia
A press release from the Medical Research Council has revealed very high levels of hypertension, and concerning levels of obesity, diabetes, and multimorbidity in...
Medicine Control Agency, Pharmaceutical Association Explain Testing of Drugs from SRA...
By Nelson Manneh
The Medicine Control Agency of the Gambia and the Pharmaceutical Association of The Gambia have informed Foroyaa that drugs that are imported...
Merck Foundation provided over 1700 scholarships to young doctors – Official
By Nelson Manneh
Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of both the Executive Board of E.Merck KG and Merck Foundation Board of Trustees, said on Wednesday...
Bundung Maternal Hospital’s Income Increased by D8 Million in 2018 Fiscal...
By: Kebba AF Touray
The income of the Bundung Maternal and Child Health Hospital (BMCHH) has increased by eight million Dalasi (D8 Million) from 2017...
World Lung Day: MRCG Conducts Sensitisation on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By NdeySowe
The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG-LSHTM) on Monday, 25 September conducted sensitisation...
FSQA: Mayonnaise recycled for cooking oil not fit for consumption
By Mustapha Jallow
Mamodou Bah, the Director General for the Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA) on Monday said the small buckets of mayonnaise that...
Childhood Vaccination Delays in Gambia – MRCG New Study
By Mustapha Jallow
Researchers, doctors and experts from the Medical Research Council Unit, the Gambia (MRCUG) of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine...
Dr. Samateh says Deaths Of 70 Children Was Due To AKI...
By Nelson Manneh
The Minister of Health, Dr Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has finally admitted and confirmed to the media, that the deaths of seventy children...
MCA Appoints ‘Quntrol’ Lab to Test Imported Pharmaceutical Products
By Nelson Manneh
The spokesperson of the Pharmaceutical Association of The Gambia, Ma Hawa Njie, yesterday disclosed to Foroyaa that the Medical Control Agency (MCA)...
Twenty-Six Thousand Gambians Estimated To Be Living With HIV
By Assan Bah
The UNAIDS has reported an estimate of nearly twenty-six thousand (26,000) of HIV patients, out of which only 14,000 people living with...
