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9 August 2021 | Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health Topics (Namibia) Health Promotion Vaccines

Vaccine Hesitancy hinders rollout of COVID-19 Vaccination

The delay or refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine has marred the effectiveness of the vaccination campaign in Namibia. A third of respondents from a recent WHO/Namibia survey on adherence to Covid-19 public health measures were unwilling to get vaccinated because of safety concerns. This together with the limited availability of vaccines contributed to the low uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines with only 6.3% of the Namibian population having received their first dose and 1.6% being fully vaccinated as of 28 July 2021. It is estimated that the country may need to vaccinate at least 10,000 people per day if it’s to reach its target of 60% of the population.

15 February 2021 | Emergencies Health Topics (Namibia)

Namibia Launched the National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS)

Health emergencies including the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic highlighted weaknesses in countries’ emergency preparedness and response.  COVID-19 adversely affected socio- economic sta…

15 February 2021 | Emergencies

His mother succumbed to Coronavirus

Inarguably, grief over a Coronavirus (COVID-19) death is drastic and deep-rooted. Moses’s mother was an everyday figure in his life – a confidant and a mentor. In this sense, when she passed away from COVID-19 in August 2020 at Walvis Bay, Moses grappled with the grief. Now he hopes his episode will be a lesson to others: Steer clear of complacency amid the pandemic.

15 February 2021 | Emergencies Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Recovering from Coronavirus – Doctor Elia shares his story

Doctor Elia, a male vicenarian, breathes with ease while reciting his account to staff from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in November 2020 at Walvis Bay, Namibia. Despite being racked with pain from a piercing h…

2 November 2020 | Health Topics (Namibia) Emergencies Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Health worker in massive awe of contact tracing Coronavirus workers

Ndilimeke Mutikisha, a Regional Environmental Health Practitioner for the Otjozondjupa Health Directorate under Public and Environmental Health services, is in massive awe of contact tracing workers who are keeping peopl…

2 November 2020 | Emergencies Health Topics (Namibia) Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Contact Tracing: A Key Way to Stagnate COVID-19

Contact tracing is looked upon as the bridge between lockdown and the COVID-19 vaccine, allowing the Namibian government to identify clusters of infections and, to stop people from passing on the virus. Without an effect…

18 August 2020

Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Embassy of Japan and the World Health Organization (WHO) renew effort to address the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia

The Namibian government renewed its efforts in containing the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), which was declared as an outbreak since 14 December 2017. To this end,  the “Improving the national preparedness and response ca…

14 August 2020 | Emergencies Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Heroes from the Namibian COVID health front-line: An epidemiologist’s narrative

With contemporary times calling them disease detectives, epidemiologists play a central role in investigating patterns and causes of disease in humans. “In the context of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), as epidemiologi…