In a bid to contribute its quota to national developpent, New Gambia Movement Friday donated cartons of medical gloves to health centers in Serrekunda, Bakoteh and Sukuta. The move is part of the Heal the Family Project, geared towards working with hospitals, health centers, and international organizations in order to address the country’s healthcare needs.[Read More…]
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We All Must Do Our Part To Control The HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Today I join the global community in commemorating World AIDS Day. On this day we remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS, recommit ourselves to caring for those living with HIV/AIDS, and acknowledge all those who care for and support those struggling with the effects of this disease.[Read More…]
Gambia: UN Holds Consultation On 2018-2021 HIV/AIDS Joint Catch Up Programme
(JollofNews) – The United Nations system in the Gambia Tuesday convened a five-hour national consultation on the Catch Up plan for the country. The consultation is required for the Emergency Plan for West Africa and for the UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS for 2018-2021. “This is a target on how[Read More…]
Gambia: Health Official Calls For Tougher Border Surveillance
(JollofNews) – A senior health officer in the Gambia has called for the adoption of a stringent surveillance system to prevent the spread of diseases into the country. Alieu Sonko, officer in charge of Brikama District Hospital, said Gambian borders are porous and the country needs a strong public health[Read More…]
Gambia: 56 Field Epidemiologists Trained On Early Disease Detection
(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…]
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…]
UNFPA Visits Family Planning Community Based Distributors In Foni Kassange
(JollofNews) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Gambia last week led a team of reporters from the Network of Journalist on Reproductive Health, Population and Development on a media field visit to their intervention sites. The visit was aim at giving the reporters a chance to see[Read More…]
Sierra Leone In Race To Avoid Disease Outbreak
(JollofNews) – The government of Sierra Leone and its international partners are in a race to avoid an outbreak of any disease in the aftermath of the mudslide that has claimed the lives of hundreds of people. The West African nation has just recovered from deadly Ebola disease that claimed[Read More…]
600 Died Of Tobacco-Smoking In Gambia In 2014 – WHO
(JollofNews) – Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, health authorities in The Gambia have issued a grim warning about the devastating consequences of tobacco smoking. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, the press and information officer of the World Health Organization’s Banjul office, Alhaji Momodou Gassama, said a staggering[Read More…]
Gambia’s Kidney Patients Receive Free Life-Saving Surgery
(JollofNews) – Kidney patients in the Gambia have received free life-saving vascular (fistula) surgery at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, thanks to the founder of Ida Bass Kidney Foundation, Sailey Fladruds and a team of medics from the Manchester Royal Infirmary Hospital. The medics, including two transplant surgeons,[Read More…]
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