Candlelighters converged Friday night on Westfield Junction, Serrekunda, to hold a vigil and prayers for the loss of 66 young lives due to acute kidney injuries (AKI). “As young people, it is time that we get up and stand up,” activist Neneh Freda Gomez told a group of ‘patriotic Gambians’[Read More…]
Tag: Child deaths
AKI – ‘Police Launches Probe’
Police in The Gambia have opened an investigation into the surge in acute kidney injuries likely linked to a paracetamol syrup that killed dozens of children in past months. A probe was launched last month after doctors in July noticed that a number of children developed symptoms after taking a[Read More…]
President Barrow Addresses Gambians On The Death Of 66 Children
In July of this year, the Ministry of Health detected an unusual rise in the number of cases of diarrhea and vomiting among children under the age of five within the six health regions of the country, in areas affected by flash floods. Many of the children infected later developed[Read More…]
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