COVID-19 calls for resilient school environment that ensures continuity in education and services beyond academic delivery. Available data suggests that COVID-19 have limited direct burden on children’s health, accountin…
Read moreAs signatory to the International Health Regulations (IHR), Namibia is required to strengthen its core capacities for health security. Following the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) in 2016, the country invested res…
Read moreBackground Namibia is recovering from a devastating 3rd wave which saw the country reporting 1 278 deaths per million [1],[2] in early August comparative to that of South Africa. In anticipa…
Read moreWHO with support from the Government of Japan donated 16 Portable Ultrasound Machines worth N$ 801,843.00 to the Ministry of Health and Social Services 25 October 2021. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Hon.…
Read moreViolence against women and girls is a violation of their human rights and is largely hidden, stigmatized, and unrecognized by health and other service providers. Despite the robust policy and legal framework in Namibia, …
Read moreNamibia was certified polio free since October 2008 and had continued routine and national immunization campaigns to maintain its polio free status. However, the country remains at high risk for vaccine derived polio vir…
Read moreWearing a surgical mask securely fitted over his nose and mouth, Frans Nambinga, a nurse at Namibia’s Windhoek Central Hospital, carefully marked down tips on triage and signs a patient may require intubation, as he was …
Read moreApproximately 1,629,289 (64%) Namibians are at risk of contracting malaria. Malaria transmission is unstable, seasonal, characterized by outbreaks and concentrated in 7 endemic northern regions. The malaria tr…
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