First Lady Madam Fatoumatta Bah Barrow has said the Covid-19 pandemic increased the number of dropouts among schoolchildren in The Gambia. She made the disclosure at the recent launching of the Zero Out of School Children in The Gambia project at the OIC Conference Centre in Bijilo. “Like many least[Read More…]
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Medical Negligence On The Rise In The Gambia: A Call For National Action
As students of the law, we are saddened with the high rise of reported media cases of alleged medical negligence in the Gambian healthcare system. Some of the cases ended up in the court with interesting decisions. In this article, we report some of the alleged negligent cases: The first[Read More…]
‘Open Defecation Still Practiced In LRR’
The regional health director of Lower River Health Region has revealed that open defecation is still practiced in the region, citing poverty as one of the main causes. Mr. Bolong S. Jobarteh told GRTS recently that though open defecation has been consigned to the past in some relatively affluent communities,[Read More…]