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...
Health Ministry Asks Nurses to Resume Work as Payment of Approved...
Gambia’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that the payment of the approved allowances for nurses by the Ministry of Health has already started...
Gambian Nurses and Midwives Commence Sit Down Strike Today
National Association of Gambian Nurses and Midwives will commence a sit down strike effective today.
See below a statement issued by the executive committee of...
Dr Samateh says nurses’ decision to go on strike is unfortunate
Nelson MannehMinister of Health Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh on Tuesday said the threat by nurses to go on strike on 1st September 2021 is unfortunate.
He...
COVID-19 Kills Five People
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has on Monday 30th August 2021 recorded five (5) new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and nineteen (319).
The...
Health Ministry to Commence Online Issuance of COVID-19 Test Certificates
By Nelson Manneh
Following the launch of an online portal that enables travellers leaving The Gambia access their certified test results, the Ministry of Health...
Health Ministry Starts Mass Spraying Exercise amid Invasion of City by...
By Ndey Sowe
The Gambia’s Health Ministry has started a mass spraying and fogging exercise in Banjul in order to ensure the safety and welfare...
Save Yourself And Others From Covid-19
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and the number of Covid-19 related deaths keep rising at an alarming rate. Yesterday, ten deaths were announced....
Gambia Registers Ten COVID 19 Related Deaths
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has on Wednesday 25th August registered ten (10) COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the total to three hundred and eleven (311).
The newly confirmed...
Gov’t to Distribute 80 Ambulances to All Constituencies in Coming Weeks
President Adama Barrow has announced that the government will distribute 80 ambulances to all constituencies in the coming weeks.
He made the announcement during a...
Sukuta Health Centre Starts Administering Second Dose of Sinopharm Vaccine
By Nelson Manneh
Sukuta Health Centre has on Monday 23rd August 2021 commenced administering the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to people.
The Ministry of Health in a press...
Gambia Registers Five COVID-19 Related Deaths
By Nelson Manneh
The Gambia has over the weekend registered five (5) COVID-19-related deaths registered, bringing the total number to three hundred and one (301).
The...
Association Donates Hospital Equipment to Yorobawol Health Centre
By Lamin Fatty
Yorobawol Health Centre has once again received hospital equipment from True Friends Association of Nyakoi Sutukonding.
The presentation was held at the Sutukonding Bantaba in...
Gambia Receives 38,400 Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine From French Government
By Nelson Manneh
The Government of the Gambia has on Sunday 22nd August 2021 received 38,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the French government.
The Gambia...
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,...
