(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.

(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.

(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.