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Report on Food Vulnerability in Banjul and Kanifing Municipality Released

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

An assessment of food vulnerability in urban areas was conducted in The Gambia as a result of a tripartite collaborative effort between the Permanent...

NaNa official on breastfeeding

Thursday, April 16, 2009

A senior official of the National Nutrition Agency (NaNa), has said that breast milk contained all the necessary nutrients a baby needs for growth...

Unicef Rep, others meet VP

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

The vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, yesterday received at State House the UNICEF representative...

Draft Gambia Standard for Edible Fats and Oil Discussed

Thursday, April 02, 2009

The National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) in collaboration with the Departments of State for Health and Trade, Industry and Employment on Monday organised...

AFRICA: Diabetes - deadly, underfunded and unidentified

Friday, March 06, 2009

Even though diabetes is as lethal as HIV/AIDS and cases in Africa have nearly doubled to more than seven million within the past 15 years, according...

VP launches US$380,000 nutrition education project

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Her Excellency, Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, who is also the chairperson of the National...

WHY OBAMA ?

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Asian Connection: Barack Obama’s Asian heritage comes from his younger sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng. His sister from the same mother is part Indonesian...

National Nutrition Agency Thief Convicted

Friday, December 19, 2008

Kanifing Magistrate Court presided over by Senior Magistrate Sainabou Wadda Ceesay on Wednesday convicted and sentence one Alagie Darboe to six...

ZIMBABWE: Less food for more mouths

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is moving into top gear this month to feed four million Zimbabweans, but severe funding shortages mean the...

COTE D'IVOIRE: “Alarming” malnutrition in north

Sunday, October 26, 2008

In Côte d’Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to...