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    Mr. Omar Conteh the Advocacy Communication officer of RAID-The Gambia, spoke of his organization’s commitment to launch a vigorous campaign against the consumption of Trans Fatty Acid Foods. He called on the Gambian government to formulate a policy framework to protect the population. Mr. Konteh made this appeal while delivering their findings on The Gambia’s Trans-Fatty Acid Foods landscape. The forum brought together members of the Association of Health Journalists in The Gambia. He noted that some of the Trans-Fatty Acid Foods landscape findings included a lack of specific policy and regulatory framework. Existing policies such as the Non-Communicable Disease Policy, National Nutrition Policy, and Food Safety Policy do not adequately address Trans-Fatty Acid Foods. Sally Jarju, The President of the Association of Health Journalists, encouraged his colleagues to take the initiative seriously and report on the issues in their various media houses. He assured RAID-The Gambia that

     Team Outpost  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliaments on Thursday, 29th August 2024, convened a National Youth Dialogue at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center in Bijilo. The delocalized meeting of the joint committee on Trade, Customs and free movement and social affairs, Gender Women empowerment and persons with disabilities and Legal Affairs and Human rights, Political affairs, peace, Security and African peer review mechanism (APRM), which was themed: "Parliament's role in the implementation of the protocol on the free movement of persons, rights of residence and establishment in the ECOWAS region." The youth dialogue tagged amalgamating youth forks under one umbrella for peace and nation-building within the ECOWAS member countries. On her part, Veronica Kadie Sesay, co-chair from Freetown who doubles as the Chairwoman of the Committee on Social Affairs, Gender and Women empowerment, said the number of migrants d

Team Outpost  On August 28, 2024, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament held its first-ever Free movement in action meeting at the Amdalie Karang border with officials and security personnel. This landmark event aimed to better understand the realities of implementing the protocol for the free movement of people, goods, and services. The fourth day of this significant engagement saw a focused discussion between border officials and security personnel from both sides of the Amdalie and Karang borders between The Gambia and Senegal. This cross-border convergence provided ECOWAS Parliament with a unique opportunity to engage local communities and stakeholders on the importance of the free movement protocol within the ECOWAS region, addressing both challenges and opportunities. Senator Melville Snow Jnr of Liberia, Chairman of the ECOWAS Parliament's Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security, and African Peer Review Mechanism, led the engagement. He em

By Amadou Manjang  I love arranging and rearranging things in our house but my roommate doesn’t. We have two different views, ideas and taste on how the house should look like. My roommate, literary fancy fix and static arrangement because he doesn’t want to waste time thinking where the spoon, book or pen is. Our house is a tiny square box ahboring two individuals, different in everything except their love for books and they took pleasure in placing books on the edge of the bed. The only thing they have in common.  I sporadically like moving the bed from the right to left today, and tomorrow from right to left. I did the same with book shelves, cupboards, tables and chairs. Moving the books creates hurly-burly, even for myself. I fancy my roommate's philosophy of no need to think to find everyday needed things like a spoon or book. Many times I can’t even remember where I place a teaspoon or the lighter and I would spend valuable time trying to locate it. Anytime my roommate

Team Outpost  Sally Jarju, the President of Association of Health Journalists (AOHJ) is attending a two day's workshop for media executives and science/health journalists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 19-20th August 2024.  The training is powered by the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC.) The event is in alignment with its strategic communication objectives for 2024, to conduct regional engagements with member states and key stakeholders to increase their knowledge and identify their role in implementing the agency's five years strategic plan. Under the theme: Building a Strong and Effective Media Engagement Partnership for Africa CDC, the editors roundtable engagement aims to provide the media executives with first-hand information and indepth-knowledge about Africa CDC’s mandate, its strategic vision (2023-2027), and the New Public Health Order among others.  The event will endeavor to establish concrete partnership and commitment with media executi

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017. This declaration, under Article 3, Paragraph F of the Africa CDC Statutes, empowers the organization to lead and coordinate responses to significant health emergencies. The statute mandates Africa CDC to “coordinate and support Member States in health emergency responses, particularly those declared PHECS or Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), as well as health promotion and disease prevention through health systems strengthening, addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, and Neglected Tropical Diseases.” The declaration will enable the mobilization of resources across affected countries, unlocking essential funding, strengthening Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE)

 Fatou Bensouda, Gambia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, was honored by the Asia One Europe-Africa Business and Social Forum with the Diplomatic Excellence Award. This award was presented to Heads of Diplomatic Missions who have shown exceptional dedication to serving their countries and fostering better diplomatic relations with other nations. The award recognizes the recipients' teamwork, positive bilateral and multilateral relationships, and their efforts in commercial and personal interactions while carrying out their diplomatic duties.