(JollofNews) – The Gambian’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has announced plans to mobilise health workers, voluntary groups and students to conduct a massive sensitisation on cancer to mark World Cancer Day, on 4th February.
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Gambia’s MRC Gets Over US$1Million Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Grant
(JollofNews)- The Medical Research Council of the Gambia (MRC) was last month awarded a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, under their grand challenge scheme for New Interventions for Global Health Pilot Awards.
Gambia’s DNA Bank Expands
(JollofNews)- The national DNA bank in the Gambia, which was established in November 2000 by the Medical Research Council Unit, the Gambia, is set to expand its current repository of approximately 50,000 DNA samples and associated data.
Gambia’s Jammeh Honoured For Ebola Aid To Sierra Leone
(JollofNews)-Sierra Leone honoured the Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh at an awards ceremony on Friday recognising the outstanding contribution of those at home and abroad who helped the country defeat Ebola.
Gambia’s MRC Gets Over £1 million Malaria Research Grant
(JollofNews) – The Disease Control and Elimination Theme Unit of the Gambia’s Medical Research Council (MRC) have been awarded a major grant, building on its strong portfolio of malaria research.
Gambia To Erect Six Ebola Containment Centres – Official
(JollofNews) – The Gambia Government has secured ten million dalasis (equivalent to $238,095) funding from the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), meant to build six Ebola containment centres at six border points across the country, reports said on Wednesday.
Ebola Crisis: Sierra Leone Lockdown To Hit 2.5m People
(JollofNews) – Sierra Leone is to enforce a three-day lockdown of key parts of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic.
The Gambian Despot Who ‘Cured HIV-AIDS’ And His British Homoeopath Allies
(Jollofnews) — Like any other practitioner of homoeopathy, President Yahyah Jammeh of Gambia knows that not everyone believes it works.
World Bank Supports Gambia’s Ebola Prevention Plan
(JollofNews) – The World Bank has approved a US$500,000 reallocation of existing development funds from on-going health and nutrition projects to support The Gambia prepare a plan in case of a possible Ebola outbreak.
Gambia Rebukes ‘Ungrateful’ Guinea Over Ebola Donation
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia has accused the Guinean government of being ungrateful and acting in a bizarre manner after it failed to thank him for donating US$500,000 in support of its battle against the deadly Ebola epidemic.
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