24 March marked the World TB Day under the theme “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world". The theme focuses on building commitment at all levels of leadership to end TB. In Namibia, the Ministry of Health and Social Services in partnership with WHO will commemorate the Day on 28 March at the Katutura Youth Complex. The Day will start with a march led by the Police brass band.
Objectives of the Workshop
Draft a strategy for Health in All Policies to enable government to address the social and environmental determinants of health in all public policies with improved health outcomes at the population level.
Specific objectives
The workshop will be hosted in Okahandja from 12-14 December 2017.
The purpose of the After Action Review (AAR) is to identify best practices and challenges encountered during the response to the CCHF outbreak and to identify/evaluate prevention, preparedness, and coordination and risk coordination mechanisms in responding to future CCHF and related public health threats.
Specific objectives
Expected Outcomes:
Approximately 45 participants are expected to attend, including officials from the Office of the Prime Minister; Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology; Namibian Police; Roman Catholic Hospital; Pathcare (private laboratory); Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP); City of Windhoek, CDC-Country Office, Namibia Red cross Society, FELTP residents (Master’s Degree students) and the MoHSS staff from Ministry of Health and Social Services, including: Primary Health Care (EHS and IEC), Khomas regional health directorate, Omaheke regional health directorate, Epidemiology Division, Research, Infection Prevention and Control and, Ambulance Services.
Background and Introduction
WHO Member States are striving at improving global health security preparedness, by building core capacities for implementing the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 in countries. WHO and partners, together with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) in Namibia have consequently started to align country and partner efforts around a unified and multi-sectoral preparedness framework for a harmonized technical, financing, and evaluation benchmarks in the country. Following the voluntary Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of IHR Core Capacities that was conducted in Namibia in December 2017, the country is in the final stages of completing a National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS), for preventing, detecting and responding to public health threats independently of whether they are natural, deliberate or accidental emergencies. This NAPHS is expected to be reviewed, costed and finalized in the meeting that is scheduled to take place from 31 October to 2 November 2017, in Namibia.
Objectives of the Meeting:
• To review the relevant background documents, including the JEE Report 2016 and policy documents
• To review and allocate cost estimates; and collate information as provided by technical area leads
• To finalize the costed 5-Year and the annual National Action Plan for Health Security for Namibia
Participants to the meeting:
These will include stakeholders from relevant government ministries, such as the Office of the Prime Minister, Minisry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Laboratory, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ministry of Home affairs, and UN agencies such as the WHO, FAO,and UNDP.
The Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Honorable Julieta Kavetuna, is expected to officiate at the opening and closing of the meeting.
Venue: Marriot Protea Hotel, Walvis Bay
Date: 31 October to 2 November 2017
Technical Contact:
Mr. Petrus Mhata
Disease Surveillance Officer,
Email: mhatap [at] who.int (mhatap[at]who[dot]int)
Media Contact:
Mrs Celia Kaunatjike
Health Promotion Officer
Email: kaunatjikec [at] who.int (kaunatjikec[at]who[dot]int)
Addressing the health and nutrition of women, children and adolescents is one of the key priorities of the Government of the Republic of Namibia, and particularly the Ministry of Health and Social Services.
MoH, with support from WHO, will host a workshop to develop a new Strategic Plan on Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health. The new MNCAH Strategic Plan will be guided and aligned with the updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ health that was simultaneously launched as a showcase platform for implementation of the SDG Agenda’s targets and goals.
Objective
The overall objective of this process is to develop a costed integrated Strategic Plan to address Women, Children and Adolescent Health and Nutrition in Namibia for the period 2017 – 2022.
The expected outputs of the process are:
• A five-year strategic plan addressing Women, Children and Adolescent’s Health and nutrition in Namibia
• A costed operational plan for the first and second year of implementation
• A M&E framework of the plan
Date: 16-20 October 2017
Venue: Altebrucke Conference Centre
Place: Swakopmund, Namibia
Contacts:
Dr Mary Brantuo
Medical Officer: Child and Adolescent Health
brantuom [at] who.int (brantuom[at]who[dot]int)
Dr Sirak Hailu
Medical Officer: Reproductive Health
sirakk [at] who.int (sirakk[at]who[dot]int)
Mrs Celia Kaunatjike
Health Promotion Officer
kaunatjikec [at] who.int (kaunatjikec[at]who[dot]int)
WHO Namibia will join the Ministry of Health and Social Services for a public lecture on Mental Health in the Workplace as part of the World Mental Health Day Commemoration.
Venue: Windhoek Central Hospital Chapel
Date: 10 October 2017
Time: 10:00- 13:00
The World Health Organization Country Office Namibia is pleased to announce its first Course on Universal Health Coverage to be held from 28 September until 2 October 2015 in Windhoek, Namibia.
Universal health coverage has a direct impact on a population’s health. Access to health services enables people to be more productive and active contributors to their families and communities.At the same time, financial risk protection prevents people from being pushed into poverty when they have to pay for health services out of their own pockets. Universal health coverage is thus a powerful component of sustainable development goals (SDGs) and poverty reduction, and a key element of any effort to reduce social inequities. Universal coverage is the hallmark of a governments’ commitment to improve the wellbeing of all its citizens.
This week-long training programme will provide the participants not only with an understanding of the basic concepts of Universal Health Coverage, its components and theoretical framework but also provide the participants with relevant practical examples on how some low and middle income countries have moved towards Universal Health Coverage. After the course, participants will have acquired knowledge and skills to build and reinforce capacities for design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of participants’ country UHC programmes. This course will be taught through didactic lectures and presentations, interactive sessions, country case studies and presentations made by the participants about their countries.
This training is designed for international professionals interested in learning about, working with or seeking to work with Universal Health Coverage. Participants may come from the policy sector, Government such as National Ministry overseeing UHC or public health or health systems, private sector, civil society or any other sector engaged in strategic policy discussions in UHC.