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SKIN BLEACHING: A Growing Trend but Also A Silent Killer
*Aisha, who is 23 years old, first started bleaching when she was 19 years old because she wanted a lighter skin tone. She is…
LGBT Community and Sex Workers Most Impacted By HIV/AIDS in The Gambia,…
National Aids Secretariat (NAS), the institution mandated to coordinate the national HIV/AIDS response in The Gambia has disclosed…
ENDOMETRIOSIS: The Pain is Real, Endo is Real
Statistics on the World Endometriosis Society’s website reveals that Endometriosis is a disease that affects over 176 million…
Annual Nationwide Campaign on Gender Based Violence Commences
Network Against Gender Based Violence has commenced their annual 16 Days of Activism, a campaign meant to raise awareness about…
Two Nurses Explain How They Detected a Rare Malaria Species in Gambia
A rare malaria species have reportedly been found in The Gambia after an eighteen year old boy was recently diagnosed with…
80 Percent of Recorded Cases at Tanka Tanka Are Related To Drug Use—Says…
Foday Jawla, Acting Matron at Gambia’s only psychiatric hospital Tanka Tanka, has disclosed that almost 80 percent of recorded…
Rethinking Sexual Agency: The Need to Have Honest Conversations About Sex
*Kumba is a 22-year-old Gambian female who does not talk about sex in public and so when she was approached by The Chronicle to…
A Fight Against Breast Cancer, One Step At a Time
On October 12th, hundreds of people gathered at the Westfield Monument to participate in the Breast Cancer Walk which began at…
Dr.Reyes: “Decision To Close ASB Clinic is Very Surprising, Abrupt and…
Dr. Gelson Reyes, In-Charge at Arbeiter Samariter Bund (ASB) Clinic has disclosed that the decision by the Ministry of Health to…
Breast Cancer Survivor Recounts Her Story
It was in July 2013 that Ida Ceesay-Ndiaye was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news of the diagnosis came at a terrible time as…
