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News Gambia » Health: Gambia’s health system near collapse amid pandemic

News channel or source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/gambia-s-health-system-near-collapse-amid-pandemic/1937191
Published on: Monday 10 August 2020

The Gambia has seen over a 70% rise in coronavirus cases last week, and its health sector is crumbling under the weight of the deadly virus. The total number of confirmed cases in the country as of ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia may have upheld its ban on female cutting, but the fight goes on away from parliament

News channel or source: https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-health/ap-gambia-may-have-upheld-its-ban-on-female-cutting-but-the-fight-goes-on-away-from-parliament/
Published on: Friday 02 August 2024

SOMA, Gambia (AP) — When Metta, a mother of six from rural Gambia, heard that lawmakers were considering reversing the country’s ban on female genital cutting, a centuries-old practice she underwent ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia: Health Ministry Receives U.S.$1.5 Million Supplies From Japan And UNICEF

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202305190699.html
Published on: Friday 19 May 2023

UNICEF and the Embassy of Japan in Senegal, accredited to The Gambia, handed over more than 1.5 million USD in supplies to support the Ministry of Health of The Gambia to strengthen national ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first

News channel or source: https://www.news10.com/health/ap-health/ap-gambia-upholds-its-ban-on-female-genital-cutting-reversing-it-would-have-been-a-global-first/
Published on: Monday 15 July 2024

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

News channel or source: https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/pharma/gambia-lawmakers-say-maiden-to-blame-for-child-kidney-injury-deaths/96375173
Published on: Monday 19 December 2022

Dakar: A parliamentary committee in Gambia said that India-based drug maker Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd was responsible for the deaths of at least 70 children from acute kidney injury and called on the ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia probes link between child deaths and paracetamol syrup

News channel or source: https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/gambia-probes-link-between-child-deaths-and-paracetamol-syrup/94076441
Published on: Thursday 08 September 2022

Dozens of children have died in the last three months," Gambia's director of health services, Mustapha Bittaye, told Reuters. "Autopsies suggest the possibility of paracetamol." A spike in cases of ...

News Gambia » Health: Global Health in The Gambia

News channel or source: https://miamioh.edu/global-initiatives/news/2020/01/global-health-in-the-gambia.html
Published on: Wednesday 22 January 2020

Students on the Global Health in The Gambia program have the opportunity to observe medical professionals while learning about how the health field differs across cultures. Students spend two weeks in ...

News Gambia » Health: Gambia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW)

News channel or source: https://www.nature.com/nature-index/institution-outputs/gambia/gambia-ministry-of-health-and-social-welfare-mohsw/58119e9b140ba065248b456d
Published on: Wednesday 30 April 2025

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