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...
DLEAG: Gambian youth engaged on the dangers of drug abuse
By: Aja Musu Bah-Daffeh
Drug Law Enforcement Agency, The Gambia (DLEAG) recently engaged Gambian youth on the use of illicit drugs and its impact in...
WHO Recommends Groundbreaking Malaria Vaccine for Children at Risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions...
Gambia Updates Entry Requirements Meant to Curb COVID-19
By Nelson Manneh
The Ministry of Health has over the weekend updated the Gambia’s entry requirements meant to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19...
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS: Friday, October 1st, 2021
On Healthy Ageing
By Sola Mahoney
My old age “aha” moment came a little over ten years ago in my early 50’s, when attending a social...
29-Year-Old Seeks Assistance in order to go for Overseas Medical Treatment
A 29-year-old man residing in Bundung, Kanifing Municipality, is seeking financial assistance in order to pay his medical bill.
The 29-year-old man has been asked...
16 Gambian Health Personnel Complete Paramedic Training in Turkey
By Nelson Manneh
A team of sixteen health personnel including nurses and doctors have completed a training of trainers programme on Disaster and Pre-hospital Emergency...
Gambia Registers Two COVID-19 Related Deaths, 12 New Cases
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia on Tuesday 21st September 2021 registered two (2) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to three hundred...
Fifteen COVID-19 Patients Currently on Oxygen Therapy
By Nelson Manneh
Health authorities on Saturday 18th September 2021 reported that fifteen (15) Covid-19 cases were on oxygen therapy.
The officials said no new COVID-19-related death was registered,...
Health ministry to construct 13 rest areas along Trans-Gambia highway
By Nelson Manneh
Dr. Amadou Lamin Samateh, the Minister of Health, said on Monday ,13th September 2021, that the Government of The Gambia through his-led ministry...
President Barrow handovers 20 new ambulances to health ministry
By Nelson Manneh
President Adama Barrow has on Monday 13th September 2021, inspected and handed over twenty (20) new ambulances to the Minister of Health, Dr....
Number of Gambians fully vaccinated against covid-19 increased to 10.7%
By Nelson Manneh
Health authorities over the weekend indicated that 10.7% of the Gambian population are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with (2) doses of AstraZeneca,...
Association engages butchers, dealers on meat hygiene to improve food safety
By Mustapha Jallow
The staff of the National Livestock Owners Association, The Gambia (NaLOA) on Wednesday held a five-day intensive training aimed at engaging butchers...
Eleven COVID-19 Patients Currently On Oxygen Therapy
By Nelson Manneh
Health Authorities have on Thursday 9th September 2021 reported that eleven (11) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy.
The Gambia on the same...
Gambia Registers 5 New COVID-19 Related Deaths, 53 New Cases
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has over the weekend registered five (5) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and twenty-eight (328).
The decedents’...
WAHO Director Visits Gambia to Discuss Ways to assist Country’s Covid-19...
BANJUL, 1 September 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Monday 29 August 2021 held...
Nurses and Midwives Embark on Industrial Action
By Kebba Secka
Mariama Sanyang and Ebou Sowe, two patients at Fajikunda Health Centre, have expressed their astonishment to this paper regarding the sit-down strike...
Gambia Registers Three New COVID-19 Related Deaths
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has on Wednesday 1st September 2021 registered three (3) COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and twenty-two (322).
The...
