Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) is pleased to confirm Amie Joof-Cole has joined as a new trustee. Amie Joof-Cole is a journalist, gender and women’s rights activist, a communication and election expert. She is the Executive Director of FAMEDEV- the Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development. She has worked for several years at...
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) is delighted to announce the addition of Dr. Maimuna Mendy to its Board of Trustees. Dr. Mendy, a virologist who completed her higher degree studies (Ph.D) in Virology at the University of London in 1994, brings over 30 years’ experience on hepatitis research working at the Medical Research Council laboratories,...
Working closely with the Ministry of Health, Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) and Baylor will provide a mobile and compact, yet expandable, shipping container-based stand-alone surgical facility (Smart POD) for caesarean deliveries in remote locations while the Baylor team will provide ongoing training through telemedicine and augmented reality. HTG has just completed the needs assessment,...
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) has delivered 500 cord clamps to the maternity unit at Gambia’s Brikama District Hospital after learning that they were completely out of stock and resorting to the use of thread instead on the babies, significantly increasing the risk of infection. The unit had encountered some logistical and procurement challenges, so...
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) delivered 10,000 pairs of disposable gloves to Gambia’s Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH). The hospital wrote to HTG requesting support as they had run out of existing supplies and with no timescale as to when they would be receiving their next consignment. HTG were only too happy to assist...
Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) is eternally grateful and appreciative of the support given by long term friend of Horizons, Brussels Airlines. Belgium’s flag carrier and largest airline regularly donates blankets, baby clothes and toys and so on for the Serekunda Health Centre that is supported by HTG and these contributions are proving invaluable to...
While the current pandemic has understandably resulted in delays in construction of the Horizons hospital complex in the Gambia, the Horizons Trust Gambia (HTG) has continued to work tirelessly on the ground on a variety of projects. In partnership with the Houston based Baylor College of Medicine, significant funding has been secured to design...
The multi million pound hospital project, committed to deliver state of the art sustainable healthcare provision in The Gambia, has reached a significant milestone with the signing of the contract with the company that will construct the state of the art facility. The contract between Horizons Clinic and builders Gicec China was signed at...
Horizons Trust UK and Baylor College of Medicine have signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate joint educational and clinical training and research activities between the two institutions with the goal of advancing maternal health in The Gambia in West Africa. Horizons’ goal is to improve healthcare through the development of an affordable and sustainable healthcare model...
With its overall mission to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Gambia, Horizons Trust Gambia’s partnership with Brussels Airlines has already begun to have a significant positive impact on the staff, mothers and babies at the Serekunda Health Clinic maternity ward. Serekunda, the first health clinic of six to benefit from funds raised...