Sergeant Tida Manneh of the Gambia Prisons Services (GPS) is currently stuck in a Dakar hospital in a battle between life and death. Ms. Manneh joined the prisons services in 2011 and rose through the ranks to sergeant. However, in the last few months she started showing signs of a[Read More…]
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Immunization Hugely Scaled-Down As Health Officers Stay At Home
Immunization and other public health interventions have been significantly scaled-down across the country as over 300 public health officers continue to stay at home. According to sources, diseases detection activities at the seaport and airport have also been paralysed by the health ministry’s decision to send 371 public and environmental[Read More…]
Senior Medical Staff Meet Dr. Samateh Over Strike
After almost a week of paralysis in some aspects of health services as a result of the nationwide strike by public health officers, senior medical staff on Monday met the minister of health to dialogue but were still unable to find common ground at the time of this post. The[Read More…]
Gambia At Risk Of Disease Outbreaks As Public Health Officers Down Tools
The Gambia is currently in a vulnerable situation,regarding disease outbreaks in the country as the cadre of the health ministry tasked with investigating outbreaks is on strike. According to reports, diseases surveillance at the Banjul International Airport, seaport and border crossings have all been impacted by a sit-down strike called[Read More…]
Inspectors To Mobilize At Fish Landing Sites To Investigate Report Of Sniper Usage
Inspectors will be mobilized at some fish landing sites as part of immediate measures to establish whether Sniper insecticide was being used to preserve fish, JollofNews can reveal. According to the Gambia Food Safety and Quality Authority (FSQA), the inspectors, to be divided into three groups, will be looking for[Read More…]
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