Gambia News News Gambia » Health: Ten ambulances and medical equipment strengthen emergency care in The Gambia
The Gambia has received 10 fully equipped ambulances and critical medical equipment under a regional health project financed by the African Development Bank Group (Bank Group), in a major boost to ...
News Gambia » Health: Gambia’s health system near collapse amid pandemic
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: WHO-supported HIV treatement scheme renders care more accessible
Gambia's story with HIV treatment is witnessing a monumental shift.A visit to the clinic for HIV services is no longer just one step in a long process: clients now experience bespoke, integrated ...
News Gambia » Health: Gambia: Health Ministry Receives U.S.$1.5 Million Supplies From Japan And UNICEF
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: Mental health is disability inclusion - how volunteers, schools and communities are changing the conversation
Environmental ColumnWith Madi S. NjieWhen disability inclusion is discussed in The Gambia, attention often turns to wheelchair ramps, accessible buildings, sign language interpretation, inclusive ...
News Gambia » Health: Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on female genital cutting. The attempt to become the first country in ...
News Gambia » Health: Gambia: Health Minister Presides Over Gamstep Finding Results Stakeholders Meeting
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Hon Omar Sey, Thursday presided over a day dissemination workshop on the Gambia survey of Tuberculosis Prevalence (GAMSTEP) results finding, at the Kairaba ...
News Gambia » Health: Polio circulating in The Gambia, says health minister
Gambian Health Minister Ahmadou Lamin Samateh warned on Wednesday that polio is circulating in the tiny West African nation, pledging "massive" vaccination campaigns to stamp out the virus. In a ...
News Gambia » Health: Gambia probes link between child deaths and paracetamol syrup
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: Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
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 ...