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Gambia: Administration of Second Dose of Sinopharm Vaccine Set to Commence...

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health has in a press release issued on Saturday 21st August 2021, said the administration of the second dose of...

Thirty-five COVID-19 Patients are currently on Oxygen Therapy

By Nelson Manneh Health Authorities have on Wednesday 18th August 2021 indicated that thirty-five (35) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy. The Gambia on the same day...

Health Authorities Declare Polio Virus Type 2 Outbreak As National Public...

As two environmental samples collected from sewage sites tested positive for poliovirus By Nelson Manneh The Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has on Wednesday...

29-Year-Old Man Seeks Assistance for Overseas Medical Treatment

By Nelson Manneh A 29-year-old man residing in Bundung in Kanifing Municipality is seeking financial assistance for him to go abroad for medical treatment. Demba Baldeh,...

Gambia Registers Eight New COVID-19 Deaths, 122 New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered eight new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to two hundred and seventy-one (271). The decedents’ ages...

Finance Minister: Vaccinating Our Populace Remains A Critical Foundation In Recovery...

By: Kebba AF Touray Mamburay Njie, the Gambia’s Finance Minister, has said that vaccinating the populace remains a critical foundation in the country’s recovery agenda. Minister...

Health Ministry: 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of...

By Nelson Manneh A Senior Program Officer at the Ministry of Health, said on Tuesday 18%, 5% & 12% of children (5 years of age)...

69-Year-Old Seeks Assistance for Overseas Eye Operation

By Nelson Manneh Sankung Camara, a 69-year-old man residing in Ebo-town, Kanifing Municipality, is seeking assistance in order to facilitate his overseas treatment (eye operation). Mr....

Health Ministry Launches Online Platform To Enable Travellers Access Test...

By Ndey Sowe The Ministry of Health has issued a press release on Monday informing the public that it has launched an online platform that...

Four New COVID-19 Related Deaths Registered, 98 New Cases

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia over the weekend registered four (4) new COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to...

32 COVID-19 Patients Currently On Oxygen Therapy

By Nelson Manneh Health authorities have on Friday 6th August 2021 indicated that thirty-two (32) COVID-19 patients are on oxygen therapy. On the same day, The Gambia...

COVID-19 Kills 14 People

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has on Wednesday 4th August 2021 registered fourteen (14) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020...

Health Ministry Says AstraZeneca Vaccine Not Yet in Gambia

By Nelson Manneh The Ministry of Health Monday 2nd April 2021 said in a statement that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is not yet in The Gambia. The...

21 COVID-19 Patients Currently On Oxygen Therapy

By Nelson Manneh Health authorities have on Friday 30th July 2021 indicated that twenty-one (21) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy. The Gambia on the...

Mayor of Banjul Tests Positive for COVID-19

By Nelson Manneh The spokesperson of Banjul City Council Modou Lamin B Bah has on Tuesday 27th July 2021 confirmed to this medium that the Mayor...

MRC Study Reveals 41 Gambian Children Suffer From Rheumatic Heart Disease

By Mustapha Jallow Research doctors from the Medical Research Council Unit (MRC) in The Gambia on Tuesday revealed that at least forty (41) children are...

Research Reveals Vaccine Against Pneumococcal Disease Reduces Severe Cases In Children...

By Mustapha Jallow Research doctors from the Medical Research Council Unit (MRC) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Ministry of Health in...

24 COVID-19 Patients Are Currently On Oxygen Therapy

By Nelson Manneh Health authorities have on Tuesday 27th July 2021 informed this medium that twenty-four (24) COVID-19 patients are currently on oxygen therapy. The Gambia currently...

Gambia Records 11 New COVID-19 Related Deaths

By Nelson Manneh The Gambia has over the weekend registered eleven (11) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths since March 2020 to...

VP Touray Says Gov’t Remains Committed To Promoting Sexual and Reproductive...

The Gambia’s Vice President, Dr. Isatou Touray, on 11th July 2021 said the promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights remain a national...