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#LSTM's podcast series 2 - episode 4: Community-based clinical trials for #malaria elimination @beatrice_egid & @fjaiteh16 talk to @ITMantwerp's Yoriko Masunaga & @universitatURV's Joan Muela Ribera Available here: bit.ly/3tqenS4 And @ApplePodcasts & @spotifypodcasts

Our insectary houses a wide range of #mosquitoes, from tiger to #malaria mosquitoes. This allows for even better research and control of tropical diseases, including those linked to #climatechange and the vectors that transmit them. #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟 #beatVBDs

@AbubacarrJah @asheme20 I believe the reason why many do not complain has to do with their expectations of receiving any sort of fair justice. Also how many people know about the ‘right routes to complain’? Does this exist? Step back, reflect to know why people complain, n please be more sensitive

@asheme20 Sorry you had such a bad experience. Next time please dont suck it up. Please use the right routes to complain so that our health care system fan improve or seek for redress using right channels. We just want the best for the Gambia and will accept rightful redress

Over the years I have had to reconstruct tens of 'bad' circumcisions done in the USA but I have not seen even one post bemoaning 'bad' doctors in the USA. But let one Gambian doctor make a mistake under difficult circumstances; the 'bad' Dr posts then rain from wannabes....🤔🤔

Key lessons should be learnt from this before organising more debates. If not, it’s just a show for politicians and less for the people #GambiaDebate2021

The starting was good. Dr. laid out some good points but that was it. Hon Halifa has good oratory skills but he sidestepped key aspects of the coalition MoU and manifesto, the main point of the debate! Moderator and Dr failed to push here. Talking about the economy was off topic!

Debates r good for healthy democracies. Organisers and debaters must always stick to its main objective which for this debate was addressing the claim that the coalition 2016 was a failure. I was not convinced. Lots of sidestepping and off topic discussions. #GambiaDebate2021

Visa applications through @VFSGlobal Dakar equates to mental and financial torture. Booking appointment, online payments all inefficient. Getting package delivered through a courier, I have to turn into a bloody investigator. Meanwhile my thesis is supposed to finished. Shit show

England losing - gutted for the players that received racist abuse. Good thing in losing is, no one can say there is no racism and what the team stood for in taking the knee is strongly validated.. hypocrites, we see u

@Aluscz1 I doubt u r even seen as principled (which is a positive for me) by most. Just Bari afferr, difficult, stingy, wicked etc. A lot of negatives, which just pushes many to conform to the social norms. It’s frustrating but keep pushing, the small numbers will add up

If you decide to rise above the pervasive mediocrity standards in The Gambia, you are seen as principled or bari afferr.

The main results from our recent malaria elimination trial / complex intervention are out now and featured on the Malaria Journal homepage malariajournal.biomedcentral.com @mrcunitgambia @ITMantwerp @ScHARRSheffield @ScHARRpubhealth and partners.

It's important you watch this to the end. We really need to have a conversation 😶

Mic drop moment.

In a serious country, heads will roll

@Oceesay Absolute disgrace. No one deserves to work in such conditions. Keep courage and continue exposing this incompetent government! Change will happen

The malaria mosquito A. stephensi, originally found in South Asia, is making its way to cities in the Horn of Africa. Within the CEASE project ITM researchers aim to understand how social & ecological factors affect this mosquito's spread.#WorldMalariaDay bit.ly/3vilI5u

@adetolaov The key word is ‘touristy’ plus a lot of nicer places have closed down. For a good experience -food & service,environment-visit seashell bar n restaurant(Senegambia) and calypso in cape point (food n scenery is top notch n they have crocodiles too)

Personal side note - I’ve not been particularly excited at the food presentation and restaurant decor so far in The Gambia, especially for a touristy place like Senegambia. But tomorrow I hit cape point, calypso, Ngala lodge and crocodile pool, so will fully decide then.

13 days, 3 countries (or 4), nothing pre-booked. Let’s see how much we can wing this. 🚀

This looks promising. Thanks @fjaiteh16 for the heads up! theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…

The great green wall to stop desertification from east to west Africa sounds like a good idea except when we went to visit it wasn’t really a wall, it wasn’t green and it wasn’t great- where are all the billions going to this project

GOOD NEWS! The #Gambia🇬🇲 has successfully eliminated #trachoma as a public health problem — making it the 3rd country in #Africa to reach this milestone. This is thanks to the hard work of the govt, partners & a large network of community volunteers. bit.ly/3tzMRAt