The Gambia

Running head: PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH IN THE GAMBIA WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND THE POSTNATAL PERIOD IN THE GAMBIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

How effective has tobacco tax increase been in the Gambia? A case study of tobacco control

OBJECTIVES The objective of the present study was to evaluate how effective tobacco tax increase has been in increasing price of tobacco products and reducing tobacco consumption in the Gambia. In addition, it tests the hypothesis that tobacco tax revenue grows while tobacco consumption decreases as a result of tax and price increase. SETTING The study is designed at the macroeconomic level t...

A Climpse of the Gambia

The Gambia is an appendix-shaped enclave within Senegal, in West Africa, and is some 200 miles long East to West but encloses only a few miles of rain forest and savannah on either bank of the grerut River Gambia. It is the smallest country in Africa in size and has a population of some 600,000. The economy depends heavily on a single crop, the groundnut, which is exported mainly as oil. The pe...

Chronic non-communicable disease as a new epidemic in Africa: focus on The Gambia

INTRODUCTION Recent epidemiological data suggest increasing burden of NCDs in many African countries but these diseases have not been given adequate attention due to the overwhelming burden of infectious diseases. There are no recent reports or studies on NCDs or related issues in The Gambia, consequently, this report intends to stimulate further epidemiological studies and also policy initiati...

Combined immunization of infants with oral and inactivated poliovirus vaccines: results of a randomized trial in the Gambia,

To assess an immunization schedule combining oral (OPV) and inactivated poliovirus vaccines (IPV), we conducted a clinical trial in the Gambia, Oman, and Thailand. Children were randomized to receive one of the following schedules: OPV at birth, 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age; OPV at birth followed by both OPV and IPV at 6, 10, and 14 weeks of age; orplacebo at birth followed by IPV at 6, 10, and 1...

Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)—a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia

Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)—a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia Branwen J Hennig, Stefan A Unger, Bai Lamin Dondeh, Jahid Hassan, Sophie Hawkesworth, Landing Jarjou, Kerry S Jones, Sophie E Moore, Helen M Nabwera, Mohammed Ngum, Ann Prentice, Bakary Sonko, Andrew M Prentice* and Anthony J Fulford MRC International...