Gambia: 40 Health Workers Engaged On Comprehensive Education
[The Point] The principal investigator of the Comprehensive Health Education (CHE) Project under the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education last Thursday engaged 40 health workers from major hospitals across the country on the dissemination of its research findings on CHE conducted in 43 schools and 28 communities in Region 1. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 22, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Education Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Maiden Pharmaceuticals: Fury in The Gambia over India cough syrup deaths
Grieving parents say regulators in both India and The Gambia failed their young children. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gambia: French NGO Donates D5 Million Worth of Medical Equipment to Gambia
[The Point] Echange Gambie Limousine Sante and Education (EGALISE), a charitable organisation based in France, in partnership with the Abubakary Jawara Foundation has donated medical equipment and other materials worth over 100,000 Euros to The Gambia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Gambia Health and Medicine NGOs and Civil Society West Africa Source Type: news
Prevalence and factors associated with occupational injuries among building construction workers in the Gambia - Kinteh B, Bass P.
BACKGROUND: Although occupational injuries among building construction workers are a major public health concern, limited studies have focused on the prevalence and factors associated with injuries among building construction workers in sub-Saharan Africa.... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Niger's Junta Closes Airspace, Bolsters Troops In Capital, Citing Invasion Threat
Niger's Junta Closes Airspace, Bolsters Troops In Capital, Citing Invasion Threat Niger's coup leaders have closed the country's airspace as an alliance of neighboring West-backed countries prepares a possible military intervention to restore the democratically elected government under President…#niger #juntaclosesairspace #mohamedbazoum #bazoum #centralafrican #benin #burkinafaso #caboverde #cote #gambia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
India-made cough syrup case: Gambia panel suggests legal action against India, drug Co
"It is safe to conclude, without any qualms, that the deaths of the 70 children below the age of five between July and October 2022 related to acute kidney injury (AKI) are a direct result of contaminated medicines found in four cough and cold syrups imported by Atlantic Pharmacy from Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India," the task force said in its report. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - July 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gambia: Demba Kunda Koto Health Facility Boosted
[The Point] Muhammed Singhateh, a native of Demba Kunda and his counterpart from Germany recently extended magnanimity with the donation of essential medical items to Demba Kunda Koto Minor Health Facility in Jimara, Upper River Region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: We Fight for Life, Not for Death - Cuban Ambassador
[The Point] Sr. Ruben G. Abelenda, the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba in The Gambia, has said that they [Cubans] "fight for life, but not for death." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: External Relations Gambia Health and Medicine Latin America and Africa West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Accessibility and Affordability of Drugs
[Foroyaa] The government is taking measures that require very careful consideration of causes and consequence. The abuse of licence to import medicinal products has resulted in the death of 70 children requiring measures to provide remedies for the losses and prevent recurrence. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Presidential Taskforce Report Confirms Indian Cough Killed 70 Children
[The Point] The four syrups imported from India were responsible for the deaths of 70 children from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), according to the Presidential Taskforce Report which was unveiled by the government on Friday 21 July 2023 at a press briefing. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Ex-Senegambia Staff Supports Tanka Tanka
[The Point] Ex-staff of Senegambia Beach Hotel Association last Thursday supported Tanka Tanka Physiatic Hospital with medical and clothing items during a presentation held at the hospital's ground. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Govt Sacks MCA Executive Director Amid AKI Report
[The Point] The government on Friday announced it has fired the executive and deputy executive directors of the Medical Control Agency (MCA). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Govt Prepares to Sue Maiden Pharmaceuticals
[The Point] The Gambia government announced on Friday it's far advanced in exploring avenues for "potential legal" action against Maiden Pharmaceuticals and Atlantic Pharmaceuticals as well as potential redress through engagement with the government of India. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Presidential Task Force Recommends Immediate Sacking of Head of Medicines Control
[Foroyaa] The presidential task force on the Acute Kidney Injuries (AKI), has recommended for immediate dismissal of the Executive and Deputy Executive Director of the Medicines Control Agency (MCA), and to consider prosecuting them in line with the relevant laws of the Gambia, for abdicating their official duties and responsibilities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs West Africa Source Type: news
Gambia: Health Minister Says Deaths of 70 Children Was Due to Acute Kidney Injury
[Foroyaa] The Minister of Health, Dr Ahmad Lamin Samateh, has finally admitted and confirmed to the media, that the deaths of seventy children were as a result of the Acute Kidney Injury disease (AKI) outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Gambia Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
