AMMREN Gambia Chapter Assure Of National Assembly Collaboration

The Hon Speaker of the National Assembly of the Gambia, Hon Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay assured the AMMREN chapter of the Gambia of her personal and that of the National Assembly’s collaboration. She made this statement on Tuesday the 1 of July 2008 when the Chapter paid a courtesy call on her and members of the health select committee.  This is the second of such type of courtesy call in a week. It was first the Vice President’s office.

In a brief statement on the occasion Pa Momodou Faal who is the country coordinator of the AMMREN Gambian chapter told the Speaker that it is the will of the network to solicit the collaboration of the legislature as the third arm of the government. We are out to supplement efforts of the government in the area of sensitization and the fight against malaria. He told the meeting that governments in 2000 met in Abuja Nigeria and under taken to reduce malaria by 2010 by a considerable reduction. Such cannot be achieved solely and wholly by governments alone, hence AMMREN’s intervention.

The head of the National Assembly select committee, Hon Adama Cham told the AMMREN executive that it was a coincidence that the health committee just concluded a meeting in which issues of malaria was high on their agenda. He said the committee has just decided to tour the health facilities through the length and breathe of the country to access and find out from the public they represent what can be done to improve their health conditions.

Cham informed the meeting that, they were not only going to access but as well to sensitize the public on malaria and its spread. At this point he said there are no better partners in sensitization than AMMREN.

Another very important partner in attendance was the head of the National Malaria Control Programme, Malang Fofana. He assured the meeting that they will continue the collaboration with AMMREN who are new but made very remarkable contributions to wards the fight against malaria.

Other partners were also adequately represented, like Department of health and NGOs connected to malaria. Gambia’s good will ambassador artist Mrs. Sambou Susso was also present.