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World Health Organization and Government of Japan support maternal health at Kuisebmund Health Centre

WALVIS BAY- It is a Wednesday morning at the Kuisebmund Health Centre…
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Training on the Clinical Handbook for the health care of Survivors subjected to Intimate Partner Violence and/or Sexual Violence in Rundu

WHO’s GBV clinical handbook an eye-opener for doctors in Namibia

When Dr Ifeolu Oyedele first learned that he would be going for…
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Erwin Meroro was admitted to the COVID of the Gobabis State Hospital for over two months

Face to face with death… ‘I learned that nothing is impossible’

GOBABIS- Thirty four year-old Erwin Meroro believed he would never…
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Namibia AAR for Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak: Group Picture

Namibia conducts After Action Review for the 2017-2022 Hepatitis E Outbreak Response

Namibia declared the end of the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) outbreak on…
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Namibia takes action to address hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 vaccination is key to control COVID-19 pandemic, however…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and the Hon. Governor Bonifatius Wakudumo of the Kavango East Region in Mayana village in the Kavango East Region

Zero Malaria starts with me

Namibia’s malaria cases have been increasing steadily over the past…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and HE Mr HARADA Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan to Namibia in the Erongo at the Governor's Office.

Bringing quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care closer to the community

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from World…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative with Dr Leonard Kabongo, Chief Medical Officer with a team from MoHSS, WHO and Namibia Red Cross Society on a mission in Swakopmund in Erongo Region during the implementation of the HEV E interventions in 2020

End of the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia

On 2 March 2022 Namibians applauded their  government for…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and Mr. Alex Shimuafeni, Statistician-General and CEO of the NSA

WHO donated laptops to the Namibia Statistics Agency to produce its second Cause of Death Report

WHO donated 10 Dell Latitude 5320 Laptops, valued at two hundred and…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and Hage Mukwendje, Namibia Artist

WHO receives an exquisite painting from a local Namibian Visual Artist

A Namibian visual artist, Hage Mukwendje, handed over a special…
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