Gambia: Parliament Must Not Lift the Ban Against Female Genital Mutilation
[AI London] Responding to the upcoming vote in Gambia's parliament on 18 March on a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), Michèle Eken, senior researcher at Amnesty International's West and Central Africa office, said: (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Human Rights NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Creative Art of Ageing competition proves hit with Zimbabwe and The Gambia communities
A creative arts competition giving older people in Zimbabwe and The Gambia a platform to express their experiences about ageing saw hundreds of entries showcase their artistic talent across four categories: music, dance, prose, and mixed media from across both countries. The competition, part of a University of Bristol led research project, hopes to improve the health and wellbeing of older people living in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - March 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Institutes, Institutes, Bri Source Type: news
Gambia: President Barrow Discusses Sub-Regional Health Issues With Waho Director
[Foroyaa] A press statement from State House indicates that the Director of West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), Dr. Melchoir Athanase J.C. Aissi and team, accompanied by the Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, on Wednesday, 6 March 2024, paid a courtesy call on President Adama Barrow, in appreciation of the partnership between WAHO and the Ministry of Health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Gambia Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Women's Rights - Gambia Discusses Bill to Repeal FGM Ban
[DW] Women's rights are under threat as Gambia's parliament discusses a bill to roll back a ban on female genital mutilation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 8, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Gambia: The Gambia's Parliament Considers Lifting Ban on FGM
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The Gambian government is discussing lifting the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) this month. Some Gambian members of parliament believe that declaring the practice illegal is an attack on cultural and religious freedom. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Gambia Governance Health and Medicine Human Rights International Organizations and Africa Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
West Africa: Barrow Discusses Sub-Regional Health With Waho Director
[The Point] The West African Health Organization (WAHO) Director General Dr. Melchoir Athanase J.C. Aissi and his team, accompanied by the Honorable Minister of Health Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh, Wednesday paid a courtesy call on His Excellency President Adama Barrow in appreciation of the partnership between WAHO and the Ministry of Health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Court Suspends Sentence of Breastfeeding Woman Over Stolen D6m
[The Point] Magistrate Colley of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 4 March 2024 suspended the sentence of one H. Jammeh, a breastfeeding mother who pleaded guilty for stealing over D6,432,000 from Yonna Forex Bureau where she works as a teller. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth West Africa Women and Gender Source Type: news
Maiden Pharma denies tampering with tests in probe of cough syrup deaths
Maiden Pharmaceuticals, linked to cough syrups associated with child deaths in Gambia, denied tampering with test samples or bribing officials. An investigation by the state of Haryana's Food and Drug Administration is probing whether a state drug regulator was bribed to switch samples tested by the Indian government, contradicting WHO findings. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
India probe into bribery claim in toxic syrup tests nears completion
India is close to finishing an investigation into a complaint that a state drug regulator helped switch samples of cough syrups linked to the deaths of children in Gambia before they were tested in India. The World Health Organization (WHO) linked the syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals to the deaths of 70 children in the African country last year. India's government says tests at an Indian government laboratory showed the syrups were not toxic. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
ET Impact: DCGI asks pharma cos to adhere to production quality standards
The DCGI's move comes a few days after ET reported that industrial excipients are used in manufacturing medicines and over 50 companies manufacturing cough syrups have failed quality tests. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in October last year that the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries might be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gambia: Trust Bank Largesse Reaches Kanifing, EFST Hospitals
[The Point] Trust Bank on Tuesday reached out to the Kanifing General Hospital (KGH) and the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) in Banjul as part of its annual donations to various hospitals in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Cuban Medical Brigade in Gambia Commits to Continue Healing, Saving Lives
[The Point] Banjul, Dec. 3.- With great joy and the decision to continue curing and saving lives anywhere in the world, Cuban health professionals who provide assistance in Gambia celebrated Latin American Medicine Day, on the eve of this December 3. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 8, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Gambia Health and Medicine Latin America and Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: 'The Weekly Prescription - Your Dose of National Well-Being': the Gambia's Unfinished Battle: the Presence of HIV
[The Point] Pharmd -- WORLD AIDS DAY EDITION (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deaths
Tests of a cough syrup linked to deaths in Cameroon have revealed quality issues in at least one of five samples taken by Indian authorities, according to unnamed sources. Naturcold syrup, manufactured by Riemann Labs, is one of three Indian-made cough syrups implicated in the deaths of at least 141 children in Cameroon, Gambia, and Uzbekistan. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
British empire ’s past emissions ‘double UK’s climate responsibility’
The UK is responsible for almost twice as much global heating as previously thought when its colonial history is taken into account, analysis has revealed. The UK’s domestic emissions account for 3% of total world emissions dating back to 1850. But when responsibility for emissions in countries…#myanmar #nigeria #carbonbrief #cop28 #unitedarabemirates #simonevans #netherlands #indonesia #nfamaradampha #gambian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
