RUNDU - About ten kilometres on the eastern outskirts of Rundu is the Mayana village, an area characterized by flood plains. In fact, Mayana means flood plains in the local dialect and is named after the low-lying ground…
Read moreWALVIS BAY- It is a Wednesday morning at the Kuisebmund Health Centre and Shirleyn Awases is among the 20 women seeking antenatal care services at the facility. The 31-year recently had a miscarriage and not lo…
Read moreGOBABIS- Thirty four year-old Erwin Meroro believed he would never get sick with COVID until he was hospitalized with the disease for over two months in the Gobabis State hospital. Meroro, the patient with the longest ho…
Read moreWhen Dr Ifeolu Oyedele first learned that he would be going for training on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ‘Clinical handbook for the health care of survivors subjected to intimate partner violence and/or se…
Read moreNamibia declared the end of the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) outbreak on 02 March 2022 after battling with the outbreak for almost 4 years since December 2017. What started as a centralized outbreak in the informal settlement…
Read moreCOVID-19 vaccination is key to control COVID-19 pandemic, however Namibia is amongst the countries in Africa with low vaccination rate. As of 15 June 2022, only 23.8% Namibians were fully vaccinated from the target…
Read moreA blood donor since 2018, Alfred Ndapanda had always considered his donations part of being a good citizen. But last year, the act hit closer to home than ever.
Read moreNamibia’s malaria cases have been increasing steadily over the past few years and this necessitated WHO support to government through the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) to intensify malaria control interv…
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