“The association is deeply concerned as this could lead to an outbreak of Vaccine Preventable Disease like measles, polio, invasive pneumococcal and haemophilus influenza B compounding the effect of covid-19 pandemic.”
The association urges all parents and caregivers to ensure that their children receive routine immunization as scheduled to avert disease outbreak from vaccine preventable disease.
The association, however, encourages the centres to maintain social distancing and hand washing during immunization clinics.
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) released the 2019 edition of its Annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour Report (TDA Report) and found that The Gambia made advancement in combating child labour.
Inmates at the Gambia’s Central prison have raised concern over what they described as poor feeding and accommodation in a documentary (video).
The deputy commissioner and head of Domestic Tax at the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), Essa Jallow, has said that GRA is in the process of rethinking and redesigning the way it works to better support the authority’s vision.
The government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, with funding from United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Tuesday, 7 July and Wednesday 8 July inaugurated fish feed mills and aquaculture facility in Jahally, Central River Region (CRR); and at Kuloro, Kombo East.
