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Government and Stakeholder Take Stock of The Gambia’s COVID-19 Response Format The Ministry of Health (MoH) and its stakeholders are conducting a national intra-action review of the COVID-19 response with the support of World Health Organization (WHO). The review will last six days, i.e., from 06 to 10 April 2021 and is held at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre. The review is aimed at improving the national response to COVID-19 and strengthen the capacity to effectively respond to any emergency. The Intra-Action Review brings ten COVID-19 subcommittees to share experi...

Less than 2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa Format Less than 2% of world’s COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa © WHO Brazzaville – Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally have been in Africa, where most countries received vaccines only five weeks ago and in small quantities. Forty-five African countries have received vaccines, 43 of them have begun vaccinations and nearly 13 million of the 31.6 million doses delivered so far have been administered. The pace of vaccine rollout is, however, not uniform, with 93% of th...

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow gets his first shot of the COVAX Facility delivered vaccine, and says it is "safe and effective" Format The President of The Republic of The Gambia, His Excellency (HE) Adama Barrow was the first to take the COVID-19 vaccine, launching the COVAX Vaccination rollout at the Statehouse in Banjul on 10th March 2021. This followed the arrival of 36,000 doses of Oxford Astra-Zeneca vaccines under the COVAX facility, which aims to make available vaccines for low and middle income countries. Adama Barrow was broadcast live whilst being vaccinated. The governmen...

HIV/AIDS Network Offers opportunity to Advance COVID-19 Community Work in Kanungu, Southwestern Uganda Format 09 March 2021 Uganda has battled HIV/AIDS for over three decades and in that time, hundreds of people have died, thousands have survived, and a lot of capacity has been developed. It is, however, the capacity aspect especially at the community level, that has given mileage to Uganda’s COVID-19 response. For instance, Kanungu district, in southwestern Uganda has a Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) with a membership of over 7,000 with the purpose of strengthening adherenc...

Gambia conducts vaccination pre-training for Senior Health Workers Format The Gambian government conducted a COVID-19 Vaccine Training Workshop for senior health workers ahead of the highly anticipated vaccination launch expected at the beginning of 8 March 2021. This follows a successful handover of 36 000 doses received from COVAX facility where the first batches will be prioritized towards target population. The technical group meeting comprising UN partners and MOH expert team decided to train 5 senior health workers in the country on COVID-19 vaccination processes at Ministry of Health O...