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Network of Adolescent and Youth on Population and Development Hold Congress

Monday, July 06, 2009

Youth’s representative or delegates across the country last Saturday 4th July, 2009 convened at friendship hotel in Bakau to witness yet another...

UNICEF Launches State of the World’s Children Report

Friday, June 19, 2009

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF on Tuesday 16 June 2009, launched the state of the world’s children report 2009. The report was...

Gambia triumphs in MDG water targets As over 80 percent of rural Gambia access clean water

Friday, March 27, 2009

The Gambia’s development progress, thanks to an unassailable enthusiasm by its leadership, has been taking giant strides, mostly focusing on changing...

Meeting MDG 7: Is South Africa on Track to Nurture a Sustainable Environment?

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Merely stating that we have the policies in place is not enough. Environmental matters remain on the periphery in South Africa and are seen as a cost...

SoS Njie calls for attention on infant health

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Dr Malick Njie, the secretary of state for Health and Social Welfare has said that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on child mortality reduction...

Progress in Many Areas But Gambia Still Short on MDG Targets

Thursday, September 04, 2008

The Executive Summary of the report on the level of achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicates that, although The Gambia has made...

Water and Sanitation are an Essential Foundation

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Have we forgotten about water and sanitation? There are many problems facing us on our road to National Development but access to clean water and...

Gambia on the way to achieving MDG’s/PRSP II

The Point

Friday, February 22, 2008

The Pro-PAG group recently held regional capacity building exercise for the Banjul and KMC areas at which it launched MDG/PRSP II for 2008- 2011. The...

Have confidence in women

Thursday, February 14, 2008

MDG 3 remains a challenge -VP Njie-Saidy Achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on women remains a herculean task, as women constitute a low...

Obstetric fistula report validated

Monday, January 21, 2008

Stakeholders in the health sector have validated the country’s first-ever Obstetric Fistula Situational Analysis Report 2007 at the Kairaba Beach...