Tag: Health

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Deadly Cough Syrup and the Government Cover-Up

It is now reported that 70 children have died from AKI while the number of children suffering from the condition has not been announced by the Government until now. Not only is the Gambia Government lackadaisical in responding to this crisis but it has also neither been transparent nor demonstrated […]

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Press Conference by the JusticeFor66+ Campaign

Sunday 9 October 2022, CPA, Bakoteh Public Statement The JusticeFor66+ Campaign notes that the Gambia Government has announced that the total number of child deaths from these fake syrups is now 69. However, we are using the figure 66 being the original figure that prompted this campaign and knowing that […]

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Gambia’s former Health minister Omar Sey passes away

The death has been announced of Hon. Omar Sey, former minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of The Gambia. The late Hon. Sey was appointed as Health minister in 2013, a position he held until January 2017. Before his ministerial appointment, Mr Sey was Chief Executive Officer […]