UNIVERSAL healthcareBackground: The Government of The Gambia introduced a national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in 2021 to promote universal health coverage (UHC). Provider payment systems (PPS) are strategic purchasing arrangements that can enhance provider performance, accountability, and efficiency ...
In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its policy on intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). A global recommendation to revise the WHO policy on the treatment of malaria in the first trimester is under review. We conducted a retrospe...
and is linked to levels of development, health status and poverty. The subnational variability in the shape of the population pyramid as well as the respective dependency ratio are reflective of the different levels of development of a country and are drivers for a country’s economic ...
The role of climate change on global malaria is often highlighted in World Health Organisation reports. We modelled a Zambian socio-environmental dataset from 2000 to 2016, against malaria trends and investigated the relationship of near-term environment
However, The Gambia is signatory to international conventions on biological diversity, CITES, and other international conventions that offer protection to the forest ecosystems that serve as habitats for the various flora and fauna species. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has a func...
The Gambia 38 (30 to 47) 39·8% (15·1 to 68·7) 8257 (2371 to 13 718) 11·6% (−69·4 to 334·0) 5113 (2874 to 8091) 10·5% (−43·6 to 131·6) Ghana 411 (342 to 491) 46·2% (17·0 to 88·0) 137 757 (34 782 to 240 697) 25·9% (−71·4...
Four African countries (Swaziland, Sao Tome and Principe, Gambia and Burkina Faso) were excluded from the study because they had no diplomatic relationship with China during this period and therefore could not receive China’s DAH. We coded the principal subdivisions according to the International ...
Geographical perspectives on bednet use and malaria transmission in The Gambia, West Africa. Soc Sci Med. 1996;43:101–12. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Nganda RY, Drakeley C, Reyburn H, Marchant T. Knowledge of malaria influences the use of insecticide treated nets but not ...
(Republic), Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia...
Posts in Switzerland, Pakistan, Kenya, The Gambia, Nigeria, Jamaica, and Liberia — where she was known as “the People’s Ambassador.” Willing to meet with anyone — an ambassador, a student, working people struggling to get by — and always treating them with the same level of dignity...