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Health matter Cervical cancer and the health of women

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
General Overview Cervical cancer is simply defined as an abnormal and uncontrolled overgrowth of the cells of the cervix, which annually...

Banjul Pharmacy gives to Essau Health Centre

Monday, December 22, 2008
Banjul Pharmacy under the MFH Group, last Thursday donated bed sheets, mattresses, curtains, plastic chairs, dust bins, and other items to the...
DoSH concerned over impersonat...

DoSH concerned over impersonation incidents

Friday, December 19, 2008
Following the department of state for health and social welfare’s campaign for vendors to sell healthy food, some people seized the...

District authorities sensitised on food hygiene

Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Regional Health Management Team of the Central River Region last Monday embarked on district authorities’ sensitisation on food hygiene and...
War on tobacco consumption: wh...

War on tobacco consumption: what are the chances?

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Just weeks after the conclusion of the WHO conference of the parties on Tobacco control, held in Durban, South Africa, civil society organization are...

The effects of smoking and the use of illegal drugs on youths

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
It is indeed very sad to see a few number of Gambian youths, particularly students smoking in nook and cranny, in the streets and around shops close...
“More Fruits, Less Fatty Food,...

“More Fruits, Less Fatty Food, Exercise Regularly” - Dr Gaye on Diabetes Prevention

Picture: Dr Alieu Gaye
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Dr. Alieu Gaye, the vice-chairman of the International Diabetes Federation, has granted an interview to Health Matters. The following is a full...

Two new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine show malaria vaccine candidate advancing in Africa

Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Data in infants and young children reinforce case for phase III trial of RTS,S/AS Results published online today in the New England Journal of...

Zimbabwe cholera deaths nearly 1,000

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe is approaching 1,000, according to U.N. figures published Monday. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of...

Foni refugees given first aid training

Monday, December 15, 2008
The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) recently concluded a three-day basic first aid training for more than fifty refugees from the troubled Senegalese...
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