Philanthropist Provides Scan Machine To Reduce Suffering of Antenatal Mothers in...
By Mariama Marong
Sukuta Health Center had been grappling with a lack of medical equipment for many years. Philanthropist Basiru Barrow, a native of Sukuta, has...
Millions More Children To Benefit From Malaria Vaccine
By Ndey Sowe
With malaria as one of the biggest killers of children under 5, the world’s first vaccine against the malaria parasite is a...
Health Promotion Director Says National Health Insurance Is For Everybody
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Director of Health Promotion and Education Modou Njai, said the National Health Insurance Scheme is for everybody.
Njai said this in...
Stakeholders Commence National Consultation on Sexuality Education for Adolescents, Young People
By Makutu Manneh
The government of the Gambia in partnership with UNFPA, UNAIDS and UNESCO have commenced a three-day national consultation forum on reproductive health...
Business Person Hit By Bullet In CRR Attack Discharged From Hospital 
By Mustapha Jallow
Mustapha Faal, a 56-year-old Gambian-Mauritania who was recently hit by a bullet during an attack by armed robbers at Sami Tenda village...
Psychiatric Hospital Reports Increase In Admission, Treatment of Drug Induced Psychosis...
By Nelson Manneh
The Minister of Interior, Seyaka Sonko, has said that the country's only psychiatric hospital has reported a significant increase in the admission...
UNFPA Launches Nationwide Campaign to End Obstetric Fistula
By Ndey Sowe
Obstetric Fistula is one of the most severe childbirth injuries affecting women globally, resulting from prolonged and obstructed labour without access to...
Charity Foundation, Partners Provide Free Eye Screening
By Makutu Manneh
Ahlu-Bait Rashu Foundation and Gui-Mam Eye Care provided free eye screening for hundreds of Gambians at Farato on Saturday, 16 April.
After screening...
‘Maternal Mortality Ranges Above 1,000 Deaths’
Dr. Jah
By: Kebba AF Touray
Dr. Hawanatu Jah, the Coordinator of PRECISE Clinical, said the rate of maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa ranges between 300...
Smoking Remains Big Public Menace Despite Ban In Gambia
By Mariama Marong
Modou Njie, a resident of New Jeshwang, has been smoking for over 25 years. He said he did not encounter any health...
13-year-old girl solicits assistance for overseas treatment
By: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh
A 13-year-old girl and native of Jarra Soma, Kumba Jallow, is soliciting immediate assistance for overseas treatment. Kumba is suffering from...
Health Experts Explain Why Gambians Should Frequent Hospitals For Regular Check-ups
By Momodou Jarju
In The Gambia, going for check-ups is like a taboo to many people. Many Gambians only visit hospitals when they feel sick...
Another Surge in COVID-19 Cases
(450 cases)
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has registered four hundred and fifty cases of the deadly coronavirus during the past week bringing the total number...
Project Aid-Gambia Donates Protective FFP2 Face Masks to Immigration, Others
Amid Discovery of the Omicron Variant in the Country
By Ndey Sowe
Project Aid The Gambia, an international NGO based in the country, has handed over...
The Gambia Identifies 26 Cases with Omicron variant of COVID-19
By Nelson Manneh
The Ministry of Health has on Friday 7th January 2022 informed the public that Genomic sequencing of positive COVID-19 test results from The...
Gambia Registers One New COVID-19 Related Death, 34 New Cases
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has registered one new Covid-19-related death on Friday 31st December 2021, bringing the total number of Covid related deaths in...
COVID-19: Gambia Records 9 New Cases
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia on Wednesday, 22 December registered nine new cases of the deadly coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases...
Non-Communicable Disease Unit Warns Against Sale of Single Cigarette Stick
By Ndey Sowe
The Directorate of Health Promotion and Education- Non- Communicable Disease Unit (NCD) Unit under the Ministry of Health has warned all those...
Gambia Registers 27 New COVID-19 Cases
By Nelson Manneh
Gambian health authorities have reported the registration of twenty-seven new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday 21st December 2021, bringing the total number of cases...
Health Foundation Offers Free Dental Care, Services to Lamin Village
By Louise Jobe
Oral Health Gambia Foundation in collaboration with Lamin Health Center (NGO) has provided free toothbrushes and toothpaste to students of Babylon Lower Basic School...
