(JollofNews) – 56 field epidemiologists have graduated last Thursday after a three-month intensive course that provided them with the ability to detect diseases before it spreads. The graduates of the Field Epidemiology Training Program-Frontline (FEPT-F) are part of cohort 3 and 4 US-based Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
Year: 2017
Gambia: Baba Jerreh Foundation Donates To Brikama Hospital
(JollofNews) – A Gambian registered charitable foundation, the Baba Jerreh Foundation, has donated surgical equipment including gloves, bandages, antiseptics, syringes, needles, alcohol swaps and tourniquets to Brikama District Hospital. The equipment was delivered to officials of the hospital by Musukoi Sanyang, a Farababanta born and a former Community Health Nurse[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow Reiterates Commitment To Solve Power Shortage
(JollofNews) – President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Friday reiterated his government’s commitment to solve the country’s acute power shortage. The Gambia is facing serious electricity and water shortages, which is crippling many small businesses and the local economy. All conventional electricity is produced mainly by thermal generation, and by[Read More…]