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Current Feed ContentUpper Fulladou residents clean Bansang HospitalOver 300 people from Upper Fulladou West Constituency, on Saturday November 1, embarked on a massive cleansing exercise at the Bansang Hospital, in the Central River Region (CRR). The exercise was led by the Regional Governor, Alhagie Ganyie Touray, Muhammadou M5 Jallow, the National Assembly Member of the area, as well as the District Chief. Addressing the people after the exercise, Governor Alhagie Ganyie Touray thanked the people for their active participation in the exercise. He said the...Health: A crucial component in the development of any nationOne of the cardinal requirements in the socio-economic development of any nation is an improved health care sector; an area deserving of a greater attention as it determines greatly the growth of a healthy nation. It is a key area that ensures that every individual contributes their quota with full potential towards a country’s development endeavours. In some African countries, quality health care still remains a distant reality with constant threat of outbreak of deadly diseases like Cholera,...WEST AFRICA: Weighing free health care for allWest African governments considering lifting health care fees for all will soon have a guide to manage the financial impact of the move. The guide, which the NGO Save the Children expects to launch in November, will show policymakers in developing countries how to estimate resource needs that may arise from abolishing fees. Groups campaigning for free care for all say even minimal fees can be deadly when they cut off millions of the world’s poorest from lifesaving basic care, while...Illiassa donates to DOSHLamin Kebba Jammeh, National Assembly Member for Illiassa, on behalf of his constituency, on Wednesday, donated hospital equipments to the Department of State for Health and social welfare. Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at the Central Medical stores in Banjul, Lamin Kebba Jammeh said the donation was as a result of a gesture from a British couple Ann and Steve Gotting. According to honourable Jammeh, the Samaritans, Ann and Steve Gotting, have been visiting The Gambia for nearly...Sudan: Responding to humanitarian needs in Darfur and AbyeiLatest report on ICRC activities in the field ICRC teams carried out nearly 80 field missions in more than 60 rural areas throughout South, North and West Darfur during the first three months of the year, despite the prevailing insecurity and despite having only sporadic access to certain areas. Besides monitoring respect for international humanitarian law and maintaining its dialogue with all the parties to the conflict in Darfur, the ICRC provided health care and access to water. It also...HORN OF AFRICA: The pastoralist way of life – a fragile future for millions of childrenPastoralist children in the Horn of Africa face some of the greatest challenges and are among the most vulnerable in the world, according to a new report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The region, which covers parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, has about 20 million pastoralists, including an estimated four million children. They mostly live in water-scarce arid and semi-arid areas, characterised by poor road and communication infrastructure, few investments, limited... |
