Vice President Dr Isatou Touray has said the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey shows the health situation in The Gambia has improved since President Barrow assumed office.

“This new survey shows us many ways that the health situation in The Gambia has improved when the new dispensation was voted into power in since 2017,” Dr Touray said on Tuesday while launching the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey.

The Vice President said fertility rate has “decreased [sic], many more women are delivering in health facilities, more children are vaccinated, and children’s nutritional status has improved.”

“But there is no room for complacency as we still have much work to do. Although women’s use of family planning has increased since 2013, still only 17% of married women are using a modern method of family planning, and many have unmet need.

“Despite important improvements in child health, childhood mortality has not made a much significant decline since 2013,” she added.