‘Mental health crisis cost Gambia D768M in 2024’

The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, Lamin Dampha, disclosed this on Thursday 20 August 2026 during the inaugural meeting of the National Technical Working Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support held at the Ocean Bay, Cape Point. Of deep concern to policymakers, PS Dampha stated, “is that more than 89 per cent of this burden comes not from health-care spending, but from lost…