Fighting Infectious Diseases in The Gambia (FID) was founded in 2009 by a team of professionals after they returned from a visit to The Gambia. Whilst there, they visited the small rural area of Mariama Kunda. They observed that there was a serious shortage of adequate medical facilities, with the only provision being a one room clinic with minimal medical facilities, which were operated once a month.
Not only were the facilities inadequate for the needs of the Mariama Kunda community, but the clinic was also serving the residents of five other surrounding villages. FID is a humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating poverty and fighting infectious diseases especially in rural areas in The Gambia.
It is our vision to provide homes for orphaned, abandoned children to offer them a loving environment in which to grow and flourish. We assist people irrespective of their gender, age and socio-economic background. We aim to reduce the needless loss of life caused by lack of effective healthcare. We are a non-governmental and non-political organisation.
FID GAMBIA is a registered charity in The Gambia……Reg charity number 119/2009
About us
The Republic of The Gambia is located on the West Africa Coast between latitudes 13.0o North and longitude 13.7 o and 16.0 o West. The Gambia stretches about 350 km from the coast land inland with its width varying between 25 to 60 Km occupying a total land area of 10,690 km sq. It is bordered on the North, East and South by the Republic of Senegal and in the West by the Atlantic Ocean. The country has a tropical climate characterised by 2 seasons, rainy season June-October and dry season November-May.
The Gambia is a West African nation that gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 after having been under British colonial rule for 207 years. Geographically The Gambia borders the North Atlantic Ocean and is surrounded by French speaking Senegal, with whom it formed a short-lived federation of Senegambia between 1982 and 1989.
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Health
The country has a three-tier health care system comprising the Primary, Secondary and the Tertiary levels. The primary level consists of the Village Health Services and Community Clinics; the Secondary comprises the Minor and Major Health Centres. The Tertiary level composes the General Hospitals and a Teaching Hospital. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH & SW) is the main government agency responsible for health care delivery in The Gambia.
The health sector is managed at two levels, the central and regional levels. The Gambia has three main referral hospitals. In the capital Banjul there is the Royal Victoria Hospital which is a tertiary hospital with 650 beds. There are also referral hospitals in Farafenni and Bansang.
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