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Close to 80,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines About to Expire

By Nelson Manneh & Ndey Sowe Gambian health authorities have on Friday, 17 December, 2021 informed the media that about eighty thousand doses of COVID-19...

Health Ministry Launches street to street COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health in collaboration with partners have embarked on a round of National Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Saturday, 18 December,...

Omicron Variant: Gambia Updates Entry Requirements Again

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, 15 December, 2021 updated the entry requirements into The Gambia in respect to COVID-19 response, effecting...

Gambia on Threshold of Registering 10,000 Covid-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has registered six new cases of the corona virus, bringing the total registered cases of Covid-19 to nine thousand, nine...

First Time in 2 Months, Gambia Registers 11 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh Gambian health authorities have reported that The Gambia on Tuesday, 14 December registered 11 new cases of the deadly virus, bringing the...

Medical & Health Services Co-operative Credit Union Saves Over 28 Million...

By Ndey Sowe The Medical and Health Services Co-Operative Credit Union (MHSCCU) overall balance sheet grew by twenty-eight million, four hundred and thirty-eight thousand, nine...

New ‘Omicron’ Coronavirus Variant

 Health Ministry Updates Country’s Entry Requirements By Nelson Manneh Modou Njie, the Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health, has informed this...

Another Covid-19 Wave Expected in January 2022- Says Director of Health...

By Ndey Sowe Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, the Director of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, has disclosed on Tuesday, 30th November, 2021 that the Gambia...

MRC Gambia Findings: 5.2% Prevalence Smoking

By Ndey Sowe The Medical Research Council The Gambia (MRCG) has indicated in its finding that there is 5.2% prevalence of smoking in The Gambia,...

Health Minister Tables Bill

After the Withdrawal of Similar Bill Prepared in 2020 By: Kebba AF Touray Following the withdrawal of the National Health Insurance Bill 2020, Gambia’s Health Minister...

One COVID-19 Death Registered, Six New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered one (1) new COVID-19-related death, bringing the total to three hundred and forty-one. Six (6) new...

Gambians Challenge IEC to Ensure Proper COVID19 Measures at Polling Stations

By: Kebba AF Touray Gambians during an interview with this reporter have challenged the Independent Electoral Commission fondly called the IEC, to ensure proper COVID19...

Gambia Registers One New COVID 19 Case

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Wednesday 27th October 2021 registered one new COVID 19 case, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed...

Charitable Organization Donates Learning Materials, Medical Equipment to Schools, Hospitals

By Nelson Manneh Building Project, a Gambia charitable organization, recently donated medical equipment and learning materials to hospitals, institutions, and schools. Building Project with charitable Number...

45-Year-Old Gambian Seeks Urgent Medical Assistance

By Nelson Manneh Foday Nyabally, a 45 year old Gambian, is seeking urgent medical assistance for overseas treatment. According to Nyabally’s medical report, the 45-year man...

Gambia Registers 3 New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, One New Related Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered one new (1) new COVID-19-related, death bringing the total to three hundred and forty, the...

Gambia Registers 3 New COVID-19 Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia on Friday 15th October 2021 registered three new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases ever registered in the country...

45-Year-Old Gambian Seeks Urgent Medical Assistance

By Nelson Manneh Foday Nyabally, a 45 year old Gambian, is seeking urgent medical assistance for overseas treatment. According to Nyabally’s medical report, the 45-year man...

MRC Gambia Commissions New Molecular Biology Laboratory

By Ndey Sowe Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRC) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has commissioned a new molecular...

Two New COVID-19 Cases Registered, No New Death

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered two (2) new cases of Covid 19 bringing the total number of cases ever confirmed...