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IFBAN Gambia Chapter Sensitises New Members

A one-day sensitisation meeting of The Gambia Chapter of the International Baby Food Action Network was held last Saturday at the National Nutrition office. Speaking to members at the meeting, the acting director of the National Nutrition Agency, Pa Modou Phall, urged the new members of the network to be committed to the attainment of optimal, maternal and infant health and nutrition. Mr Phall called on members to take ownership of the network and not to see it as a NaNA’s network but instead...

AMMREN Gambia Chapter Celebrate World Malaria Day

As part of World Malaria Day celebrations, AMMREN Gambia Chapter, in collaboration with the parent body, on Monday held a one-day sensitisation forum on malaria and its burden on society at the media agenda in Churchill Town. The sensitisation forum attracted members, journalists and medical experts from well-recognised institutions who gave brief presentations on malaria and its burden on society. In his keynote address the AMMEREN country coordinator, Mr. Pa Modou Faal, said that today is...

Beyond Debt Relief: Consolidating Macroeconomic Achievements and Reducing Poverty in The Gambia

A fewmonths ago, in December 2007, The Gambia passed a historic milestone, reachingthe “completion point” under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. The completion of thisIMF- and World Bank-sponsored Initiative provides to The Gambia a substantialamount of debt relief from the international community. It has also triggeredadditional relief to cover debt owed to the African Development Bank, the IMF,and the World Bank under a complementary scheme called the Multilateral Debt...

First Taiwan-Africa Heads of State Summit

Taipei Declaration 1. H.M. King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland, H.E. Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, H.E. Fradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, H.E. Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, and H.E. Dr. Alhaji Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia, represented by H.E. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President of the Republic of The Gambia, accepted the invitation by H.E. Chen...