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Dr Sirak Hailu, WHO Namibia Maternal Health Officer and Focal Point for NCDs, guiding group discussions during the consultation workshop

Cancer Prevention and Control in Namibia

The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is evident…
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Teenage girl breastfeeding her newborn baby while WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses and Mr Thomas Shapumbu, Kunene Regional Health Director looks on

Opuwo Health District will get a Maternity Waiting Home

Expectant mothers in the Kunene region will soon be able to have…
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WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel for Contraceptive Use, 2015

Increased access to quality family planning services is key to the health of adolescent girls and young women

Partners in Namibia meet to adapt WHO Global Medical Eligibility…
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Regional Suicide Prevention workshop participants

WHO, Ministry of Health and Social Services conclude workshop on Suicide Prevention

In an effort to promote the development, implementation and…
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WHO Representative to Namibia, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses (left), speaking at the event; alongside Dr Britta Lohrke from Ministry of Health and Social Services (middle)

WHO, NAMBTS and MOHSS celebrate World Blood Donor Day

Windhoek, 14 June 2017 – The World Health Organization Namibia…
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WHO Representative to Namibia, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses shakes hands with Hon. Mrs. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

WHO Representative to Namibia presents credentials

WINDHOEK, 18 MAY 2017 – The newly appointed World Health Organization…
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Annual African Vaccination Week (AVW) 2016

A Call to Close the Immunization Gap Windhoek,  28 April 2016…
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The HEW training is being supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), through the Programme for Accelerating the Reduction in Maternal and Child Mortality (PARMaCM). PARMaCM is a joint partnership between MHSS and the European Union (EU),with the EU providing financial support and WHO providing technical support. It was launched in February 2013 with a total budget of 10 million Euros (+/- 130 million Namibia Dollars), and will run until 2017.

Bringing healthcare to rural communities

Ndapewa lay awake, listening to the sounds of the night: the leaves…
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Maternity waiting homes in Namibia: Hope for the future

On 17th March 2015, all PARMaCM stakeholders, including the former…
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Accelerating achievement of MDGs 4 AND 5: PARMaCM launched in Namibia

Windhoek, 27 February 2013 -- A four-year Programme to accelerate the…
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