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Launch of the RCCE Strategy

Namibia Launches Year-Long Campaign to Commemorate World Health Day

On April 7, 2025, in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi region, Namibia launched…
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Au Sénégal les Badiénou Gox relient les populations aux structures sanitaires

Community approach contributing to maternal health in Senegal

Dakar – Ndèye, 29, mother of three children and living in Guédiawaye…
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Dr Anna Jonas, Regional Director for the Erongo Health Directorate with the team for WHO and MOHSS delibrating on the RCEE plan on mpox

Namibia is developing a risk communication plan as part of its preparedness efforts for mpox

The escalating mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Uganda Commits to Investing in Community Health Workers to Advance Primary Health Care and Promote Community Well-being.

Kampala, 18 October 2024 – Health Authorities in Uganda have…
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Dr Richard Banda, WHO Representative to Namibia

Namibia Joins the World in Addressing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Every year on 10 October, the global community observe World Mental…
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Namibia media training on universal health coverage

Empowering health journalism in Namibia: A Workshop on Universal Health Coverage and Public Health Reporting

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the…
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WHO Namibia and MOHSS partnered for a media training focusing on UHC

Empowering health journalism in Namibia: A Workshop on Universal Health Coverage and Public Health Reporting

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the…
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Participants engaged during a BI training in Namibia

Namibia’s Public Health Professionals Trained on Behavioral Insight

Behaviors are an essential part of our health and wellbeing.  …
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Traditional leader at health promotion activity in Angola

From crisis to collaboration: Reducing meningitis mortality in Huambo province, Angola

Huambo, Angola—It’s early morning, but Soba Arão Moma, a…
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MOHSS Management and UNAM management for the Faculty of Health Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Health managers in Namibia supports the integration of Behavioral insight in public health

There is increasing recognition that human behavior is a key…
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