AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoMaternal & Child Health Shock: A newborn migrant baby girl died of hypothermia on Lampedusa shortly after landing, prompting an investigation and post-mortem to confirm the cause. Nutrition & Education Push: In The Gambia, the US-backed McGovern-Dole school feeding programme is reaching over 63,000 children daily, with USDA officials completing a week-long monitoring visit and discussing how to move toward nationally led, sustainable systems. Health System Pressure: The Gambia Federation of Nurses (GFA) marked Nurses’ Day by calling for a major overhaul—more staffing, medicines, and functioning equipment—warning that weak care and falling immunisation rates are driving preventable deaths. Women’s Health Spotlight: Dr Fatoumatta Jarjusey highlighted the need to strengthen women’s and reproductive healthcare, while a separate women’s rights advocacy push in Banjul focused on implementing the Maputo Protocol. Civic Rights & Safety: Human rights leaders urged restraint around recent GALA-related arrests, stressing peaceful assembly and due process.
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