Today, marked ‘The World Water Day’ on March 22 every year with a damning statistic that over hundreds of thousands of Gambians do not have access to safe drinking water. In unequivocal and straightforward terms, we mostly get our water from unhealthy sources, such as streams and ponds. There are[Read More…]
Year: 2020
Njundu Drammeh: Only With Effective Leadership Can We Subdue Covid-19
A leader, they say, is also a dealer in hope. In times of great adversity, when the world is confronted with a disease whose cure has so far eluded the scientific world; when life, in most part, has grounded to a halt and monotonously the wheel of activity grinds; when[Read More…]
Coronavirus: Gambia’s Only Testing Centre Not Open To Walk-In Requests
The Gambia’s only testing centre for the coronavirus is advising people with symptoms of the disease not to walk into its unit in Fajara. The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said COVID19 testing in the country is facilitated by its[Read More…]