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Digital Learning Platform (DLP) to enhance preparedness and response to health emergencies.

Namibia embrace Digital Learning Platform (DLP) to enhance preparedness and response to Public Health Events

In September 2022, Namibia joined other Member States in the WHO…

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…

MOHSS and WHO staff at the IPC workshop

Namibia’s infection prevention and control strategies regarded as good practice for health emergencies

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of…

Ms Veronika Haimbili with the regional RCCE Coordinators during the Content Development Workshop

Increasing health promotion capacity to respond timeously to health information needs

Access to information is key to realizing the right to health for all…

Training on ICD 11

Namibia transition from International Classification of Disease (ICD) 10 to ICD 11

The ICD, since inception a century ago has become an integral part of…

Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia Officer-in-Charge delivering her welcome remarks

WHO Namibia strives to enhance capacities for integrating of gender, equity and rights (GER) to ensure gender responsive health systems

Unless our public health policy, programmes and systems integrate…

HE Charles Moore, UK High Commissioner to Namibia, Ms. Hopolang Phororo, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Mzingisi Gqwede, the Director of Adult Education in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture and Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia Officer-in-Charge

WHO Namibia reflects on public health gains since independence

The Namibian government’s commitment to improving public health…

Participants with the Facilitators from HQ and AFRO during the child maltreatment training

Namibia holds an inaugural training on the management of child maltreatment

Childhood is meant to be a time of joy, growth, and development, free…

Mrs Regina Diergaardt, School Principal of the Gobabis Primary School sharing her story on how her school became a Platinum Health Promoting School

The Journey of Gobabis Primary School to becoming a Platinum Health Promoting School

Mrs Regina Diergaardt, school principal of the Gobabis Primary School…

The Gobabis Combined Project School focuses on the most vulnerable children in Omaheke region. They were graded Platinum for their Health Promoting School Initiative

Omaheke Region Celebrated its success in implementing the Health Promoting School Initiative

Omaheke Region is known for its agricultural potential especially in…