Nutrition: Choosing Healthy, Low-Fat Foods

Eating healthy foods doesn't mean losing flavor. You can choose and prepare low-fat foods that your family will enjoy by following the tips on this specific information about how much of your daily diet should come from each of the following food groups...Click

Drug abuse, contrary to popular thinking is not just about the misuse of harmful drugs. It is actually the mode of consumption of a particular drug substance that defines its place in the society. Misuse of any kind of substance will surely attract detrimental consequences...Click

The government of the Gambia through the able leadership of His Excellency, the President Dr Alhagie Yahya AJJ Jammeh has taken health as a high priority in his agenda of development. Despite the President's and the government of the Gambia's efforts to promote health in our dear motherland, health is still a big concern in the country....Click
 

The Taiwan ICDF Mobile Medical Team arrived in Banjul on Sunday to carry-out a wide range of medical operations, including specialist cases in the country. This is the second visit of the team to Banjul.Under the auspices of the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) of...Click

Acording to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2007 some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35. Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is not just about raising money, but also about increasing...Click

 

WELSH health experts have started work to address the brain-drain of African specialists leaving to work abroad.The demand for trained medics in western health services, such as the UK and US, has seen a number of Gambian specialists leaving their native country, creating a potential gap in knowledge among their colleagues....Click
 

The first new TB vaccine for 80 years is being tested in clinical trials in South Africa.Oxford University researchers say that the jab, given alongside the current BCG vaccine, could protect people better from the disease. TB kills more than two million people worldwide a year, and drug resistant forms are becoming more common. Charity TB Alert said an effective, cheap and long-lasting vaccine could justify...Click
 

Gambia-based outfit announces success of meningitis vaccine trials
APA- Banjul (The Gambia) The Gambia-based British Medical Research Council (MRC), has announced over the weekend that “favourable results” have been attained in trials conducted of an anti-meningitis vaccine that will be used in the “West African meningitis belt” that covers about 21 countries in sub Saharan Africa, APA learnt here. A release by the Council said the vaccine which will protect people in West Africa from a lethal and highly infectious form of meningitis known as serogroup A Nesseria meningitis, has shown promising results in a phase 2 clinical trial...Click
 

The season for mango is once more approaching. Despite the fact of knowing them to be the most flies breeder, they also have a lot of health benefits.Revered not only for their exotic sweetness and juicy quality, mangoes are known for their many health blessings.They contain an enzyme similar to papain in papayas, a soothing digestive aid. These proteolytic enzymes that breakdown proteins are...Click
 

The Embassy of the United States in Banjul, Gambia has released an Avian Influenza Personal Protective Equipment Kits to the Department of Livestock Services. An officer from the US Embassy, Christopher Zimmer said the US is concerned on the potential outbreaks of Avian Influenza in West Africa and has undertaken several programmes to provide equipment and training for countries in the region.

A claim by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh that he can cure Aids in three days has been lambasted by a leading South African HIV/Aids specialist."I'm astonished. The danger of a president standing up [to say this] is shocking," Jerry Coovadia told the BBC. Mr Jammeh said last month he had begun treating 10 patients on Thursdays with secret medicinal herb ingredients. His health minister backs his claims, saying...Click
 

‘One-stop’ clinic helps new mothers keep their children healthy in Gambia
FAJIKUNDA, Gambia, 11 January 2007 – In September, Sarata Hydara gave birth to a healthy baby boy at the health clinic here in Fajikunda. In the first two weeks he grew nearly half a kilogram, which she learned when nurses weighed him. 

The clinic takes a one-stop approach to health care and has been operating for more than 10 years. Women and their children often make the trek from surrounding villages on foot, so it's crucial that they receive as many services as possible during the same trip. Otherwise, it's unlikely that they'll return...Click
 

Using mosquito nets impregnated with insect repellent is especially dramatic in the battle against malaria. Nets are the focus of numerous charitable campaigns now under way.
• Villages that got nets in randomized controlled trials experienced declines in malaria deaths in young children of 33 percent (Kenya) and 17 percent (Ghana).
• In Gambia, the nets also cut mortality from all causes, not only malaria, by 25 percent in children ages 1 to 9...Click
 

A new review of malaria vaccine trials has found one kind of vaccine that holds real promise for combating this ancient disease. Epidemiologist Patricia Graves examined a collection of previously published studies to analyze which of the vaccines being tested in humans works best. In one study, an experimental vaccine called RTS,S was given to men in The Gambia. The men got a booster shot one year later. The Gambian men had about a 65 percent reduction in malaria attacks after both doses. Graves looked at another trial of the same vaccine with 5 to 9 year olds in Mozambique, and reports, "There was about a 25 percent reduction in clinical malaria attacks in the vaccinated children. But most important...Click
 

Two new drug manufacturing facilities have been launched in global areas that don’t usually see much pharmaceutical manufacturing activity - Bangladesh and The Gambia.The plant erections illustrate the global pharma market's search for a balance between high drug prices in developed countries and low labour costs in emerging markets. Bangladeshi generics manufacturer Beximco has announced that its new oral solid dosage (OSD) facility is now up and running, with the production of its...Click
 

A Gambian clinical academician at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, Dr. James Ndow, who just turned 40, was recently elevated to the position of Professor of Urology. Professor Ndow is the second son of Dr. Peter J. Ndow of Fajara, a former medical practitioner and head of the Gambia’s...Click