Health Bundle

28/08/2023

24/05/2023

DAY 3

24/05/2023

DAY 2

23/05/2023

HEALTH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

In partnership with The University of The Gambia Students’ Union and Universal Africa Foundation, we are pleased to unveil the second phase of the Health Care Improvement project. This phase that comes in episodes would feature quotations from renowned individuals on the theme: Why is it Important For a Nation to Have an Improved, Accessible, Affordable and Standard Healthcare in a Country.

Indispensably, an improved, accessible, affordable and standard healthcare reduce country’s mortality rate, and increase its life expectancy. In light of the foregoing, this online campaign seeks to create awareness and remind stakeholders the relevance of standard healthcare in our quest to instituting a better healthcare that caters for all.

In today’s episode we have, Ousman Nget, Vice President UTGSU, Mr. Hans Loum, CEO/ Founder Universal Care For Africa Foundation, Samuel Williams, Deputy IPRO of UTGSU and Ramatoulie Jallow, Country Director UCAF share their insight on the Theme.

03/05/2023

Promoting youth leadership and participation is 🗝️. Therefore, we must empower young people & enable them to become drivers of change.

Young people are :
Leaders
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Leaders

Give them the platforms and the opportunity to lead!

03/05/2023

Yesterday, our Ad Interim Chief of Mission met Alasan Senghore, the Secretary General of Gambia Red Cross Society 🤝

They renewed commitment of both agencies to strengthen migration governance, protection of migrants’ rights, and response to displacements caused by disasters.

09/03/2023

UTGSU: THE HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PARTNERS WITH UniGaMSA

Issued on Thursday, 09th March, 2023

The University of The Gambia Students’ Union is pleased to announce that the Healthcare Improvement Project under the leadership of Queen Nafisatou Ceesay, in partnership with the University of The Gambia Medical Students’ Association (UniGaMSA), will be embarking on a Blood Donation Drive on the 15th and 16th of March, 2023 at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul and the UTG Brikama Campus respectively from 9:00—17:00 hrs.

The Union heartily applauds this initiative and encourages all and sundry to join this noble cause by either being a donor, or encourage others to be part of the donors. Blood donation is a significant act of humanity that has the potential of saving several lives, one of which could be yours or that of a close associate. Therefore, no drop is insignificant!

That said, be it recalled that the Healthcare Improvement Project was launched earlier last year with the unfettered intention of changing the dynamics of The Gambia’s healthcare system by, inter alia, advocating for accessible and affordable quality health services. In this regard, since its launching, significant strides have been made, the most recent of which is the brokering of a partnership with UniGaMSA in this Blood Donation Drive.

Significantly, it is hoped that the Project’s partnership with UniGaMSA will be of value, as the latter’s membership has expertise on health-related issues. On this premise, the Union wishes to extend its gratitude to the leadership of UniGaMSA for the thoughtful and selfless decision to partner with the Project on this life-saving cause.

Finally, the Union wishes to once again state its staunch commitment to supporting this Project and all other initiatives that are of great interest to its membership. In this regard, the Union encourages students to continue taking bold initiatives that could inspire a transformative agenda and positively re-shape the narratives in this country.

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY
UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA STUDENTS’ UNION

19/10/2022

LAUNCH OF THE HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Date issued: 17th October, 2022 The University of The Gambia Students’ Union, through its partnership with the Healthcare Improvement Committee of UTGSU, wishes to inform the general student body and the Gambian populace at large that the launching of the Healthcare Improvement Project which had been announced some weeks ago is scheduled on the 2nd November 2022 at the Law Faculty Auditorium. This project seeks to champion a course for social change ,and also draw an indication of the University of The Gambia’s keen focus in championing development related projects. In this light, the Union relays this invitation to every student of the University and looks forward to your attendance in the beginning of this landmark strive. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY UTG STUDENTS’ UNION

06/10/2022

UTGSU: QUEEN NAFFISATOU CEESAY LAUNCHES HER PLATFORM PROJECT

Date issued: 4th October, 2022

The Crown Face of UTG 2022, Queen Naffisatou Ceesay launches her Healthcare Improvement Project in partnership with the University of The Gambia Students’ Union.

The Healthcare Improvement Project is an implementation of the Queen's platform during the Face of UTG 2022 which was organized to avail students of the university an opportunity to showcase their talent and proffer feasible recommendations to issues of their interest.

Cognizant of the need to champion the crown of social impact as students of the university, not just a beautified figure, Queen Naffisatou is launching this project with a passionate desire to change the dynamics of the Gambia's health system.

This project intends to advocate for an improved, accessible, affordable, qualitative, and standard health care service in the Gambia. Additionally, it will take practical approaches that will render the improvement of the unavailability of medicines in hospitals, mitigate the lack of blood in hospitals, and improve the provision of hospital beds, especially in labor wards among other targets.

Committed to this strive with an understanding of the impending challenges that have marred the development of the Gambia's health system, the Healthcare Improvement Project stands out as an effort to advocate for a better health system and encourage the government and other stakeholders to take urgent actions in providing a health system that every Gambian trust.

This, in our utmost strive, is a collective effort that should be embraced by all. Thus, as we launch this project, we firmly call on the Gambia Government and all other relevant stakeholders to help the Queen and her team in the ex*****on of this duty.

With a concerted effort, we can make the health system better through our civic duties.