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 Health
Charities
Medical Companies
Holiday
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Information
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Department
of State for Health & Social Welfare
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Provides information about official
policy, the budget for health, reports and
management information systems. |
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Gambia
Health Care Association |
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Founded in Switzerland with a clinic
in Bijilo providing out-patient treatment of general
medicine, internal medicine, surgery,
gynaecology-obstetrics, paediatric treatment, ear-nose
and throat, ophthalmology & dentistry. |
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Government Health Policy Framework |
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From the pages of the State House it
gives an in-depth look at the country's medical
services, underlying principles, 5 year strategic
goal, implementation and monitoring. |
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Health Care System |
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An outline of the 3 levels of the medical system
i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. |
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HIV
Prevalence Report [PDF file] |
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Final draft of Aids statistics in the general
population taken between January 2003 to December
2005 which also includes details of the national
response to it. |
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Infant Mortality Rates |
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A bar chart and indicators of the
levels of child deaths from 1960 up to the year 2002
sourced from the UN Common Database and Unicef. |
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medGambia |
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A website from Dr. Momodou Cham
which is dedicated to the well-being of Gambians
with some articles & advice about staying health. |
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Maternal Mortality in Rural Gambia |
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An extensive study which explores
the reasons for death at childbirth for women in
rural areas of the country which was often caused by
delays in seeking urgent medical attention. |
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Medical
Research Council [MRC]
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MRC is a UK funded public research body with
the main branch located in Fajara. Established in
The Gambia in 1947 the Unit’s research focuses on
research & treatment of infectious diseases in the
population of The Gambia. |
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Mental Health [WHO] |
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Estimates indicate that out of the
population of 1.5 million, approximately 120,000
people are suffering from a mental disorder that
requires psychiatric intervention and treatment. |
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Neonatal Mortality in Rural Areas |
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An abstract of conclusions into
neonatal deaths in the Upper River Region of The
Gambia which found that infection accounted for 57%
of all deaths. |
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Oral Health |
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An area country profile about the
country's dental hygiene covering dental caries,
tooth mortality, sugar consumption and manpower. The
study was conducted between the WHO and Malmo
University, Sweden. |
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Pneumococcal Vaccine Trials |
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A study that showed that the leading
cause of death among infants was due to acute
respiratory infections (ARI) which is mainly caused
by bacterial pneumonia. |
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Royal
Victoria Teaching Hospital |
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The largest general hospital in
Gambia which is in the capital Banjul & has 540 beds
in the hospital, and also provides Primary
Healthcare in its Polyclinic on Independence Drive. |
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Tuberculosis |
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A study into TB patients experiences
and behaviour in seeking medical treatment when they
had a cough as well as statistics of the incidence
of Tuberculosis among sections of the population. |
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World
Health Organization
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Health statistics & indicators
including polio, tuberculosis, oral health, diabetes
prevalence, infant mortality, immunization
coverage and recommended travel vaccinations
for Gambia. |
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Various articles |
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Online publications from varied
sources covering issues of tobacco health in Gambia. |
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