(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…]
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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…]