Gambia

The Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital hosted a breast and cervical cancer screening event supported by China Medical Team, WHO, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare, the Gambian National Cancer Control Programme and the Banjul Municipality

The 81st regular session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights officially opened in Banjul with representatives of member states, civil society organisations and human rights advocates

After a long delay, the results of the Gambia Basic Education Certificate Examination have been released by the West African Examinations Council and will be made public today during a press conference of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education

26.368 people are currently living with HIV, which remains a major public health problem, revealed Lamin Badjie, monitoring and evaluation specialist at the National AIDS Secretariat

The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment has condemned the illegal recruitment of Gambian nationals to work in Spain, who took advantage of the bilateral agreement concluded by the two countries AGENZIE RAGGIRANO

The Justice Minister defended the new draft of the Constitution, a reform considered essential by international partners in order to guarantee political stability for the country and which should be voted on in 2025

The National Rice Growers Association, with support from Project ROOTS, organized a regional dialogue day with rice growers on how to facilitate socio-economic access, networking, and access to services

The Shelter for Improvement project for children, initiated by First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, was handed over to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare

A toiletries factory was opened in the country for the first time and is located in Kamalo

The Gambian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament presented the national government's report on economic growth, youth development, climate resilience and macroeconomic convergence

Maternal mortality rate is still high in the country, indicates Gambia Medical Research Council, together with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: surveys of 2019-2020 report 289 deaths per 100.000 live birth

Follow-up of influential community leaders, women's representatives and village development committees on implementation of surveillance and risk communication was initiated with IOM support