The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved $32.2 million to fund the creation of the School of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences at the University of The Gambia, in a major boost for the country’s struggling health sector. The funding is part of a wider $297 million package approved for[Read More…]
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Mysterious Vulture Deaths Alarm Bonto Kuta Villagers
Residents of Bonto Kuta village in the Kombo East district are raising alarm following the discovery of more than eleven dead vultures over the weekend, all found without their heads. The grim scene has left many in the West Coast Region community both disturbed and puzzled, with suspicions ranging from[Read More…]
New High-Security Lab Under Construction At MRC Unit In The Gambia
Construction has begun on a state-of-the-art Containment Level 3 (CL3) laboratory at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit, part of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), in The Gambia. The project marks a major expansion of the Unit’s capacity to tackle some of the region’s most pressing[Read More…]

