(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…]
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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…]
Chinese Owned Fish Factory Denies Polluting Gambian Sea
(JollofNews) – A Gambian based Chinese owned fishing factory at the centre of severe online criticisms has rejected allegations that it is dumping waste into the country’s sea and damaging the environment. Golden Leaf Factory in the coastal fishing village of Gunjur, Kombo South, is accused of releasing intense bad[Read More…]
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