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SOUTH AFRICA: How safe is trad...

SOUTH AFRICA: How safe is traditional circumcision?

Saturday, August 9, 2008
When Steve Matlhabela, 16, left his home on a chilly June morning to visit some relatives in a village not far from his in the rolling hills outside...
GHANA: Race against time to cu...

GHANA: Race against time to cut maternal mortality

Friday, August 8, 2008
In a country where the World Health Organization estimates 560 pregnant women will die out of every 100,000 that go into labour, the news that a...
Conjoined twins at RVTH

Conjoined twins at RVTH

Friday, August 8, 2008
For the first time in the history of childbirth in The Gambia, one Ramatoulie Jallow, a resident of Serrekunda London Corner, on Wednesday afternoon,...
CONGO: Free anti-malaria drug ...

CONGO: Free anti-malaria drug campaign gaining ground

Friday, August 8, 2008
Free anti-malaria medicine will soon become a reality for children younger than five and pregnant mothers after the launch of the first phase of...
UGANDA: Poor hygiene fuelling ...

UGANDA: Poor hygiene fuelling Hepatitis in north

Friday, August 8, 2008
Bad hygiene and lack of adequate sanitation facilities in northern Uganda, a region still recovering from two decades of conflict, have fuelled the...
Boy, 13, needs urgent overseas...

Boy, 13, needs urgent overseas treatment

Thursday, August 7, 2008
Lamin Ceesay, a 13-year old boy from Tallinding is in urgent need of financial assistance to undergo overseas treatment in Dakar, Senegal. ...
SWAZILAND: Circumcision gives ...

SWAZILAND: Circumcision gives men an excuse not to use condoms

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
There is a growing belief among men in Swaziland that circumcision provides complete protection against HIV, a perception that worries...
Infant needs financial assista...

Infant needs financial assistance

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
A five-month old infant in Baddibu Saaba is in need of financial assistance to undergo medical treatment in Dakar, Senegal. According to a medical...
Malaria campaign recieves boos...

Malaria campaign recieves boost

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Iago Vazques and Noemi Fuster, a Spanish couple who are currently in The Gambia as partners of Global Unification - The Gambia, have thrown their...
Cataract: A major threat- Dr R...

Cataract: A major threat- Dr Ravshankar

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Dr Ravshankar, an eye surgeon from India, has said that cataract still remains a major threat in The Gambia. He made this remark during his weeklong...
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