Category: Health
Nurses Buying Own Uniforms Unfair – Union
By:Josefina Lukas The Namibia Nurses Union (NANU) has demanded from government to provide nurses with uniforms as a matter of urgency. The union claims nurses are forced to purchase their own uniform, which it maintains is a financial burden on…
Country Records Over 96,000 Sexually Transmitted Infections
By:Fransina Nghidengwa Namibia has registered over 96,000 cases of sexually transmitted infections of different types during the past five years, the Health Ministry has reported. The Health Ministry on Thursday launched the third edition of the national guidelines for the…
Basic Income Grant A Solution To Omaheke’s Malnutrition Conundrum, says Unam Lecturer
By:Fransina Nghidengwa University of Namibia lecturer, Basilius Kasera, says a report of 45 children in the Omaheke region having died of malnutrition only demonstrates the depth of the socio-economic inequality in the country. During his state of the region address…
Nam Health System Below Par In Comparison To Peers
Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus The healthcare system in Namibia has been found not to be performing well in comparison to other upper-middle income countries (UMIC). This is according to a study by the Economic Association of Namibia and Hanns Seidel Foundation titled,…
Taxpayers Will Fund Abortion If Legalised
By:Hertha Ekandjo Representative of the Christian Coalition of Churches in Namibia, Stewarn Horn says that from a tax perspective, if abortion is legalised the taxpayers will carry the burden. Horn said the reason is that abortion will be executed or…
Namibia Cuts HIV Infection … only 8.54% of Namibians living with HIV
By: Uakutura Kambaekua HIV prevalence in Namibia fell gradually from 14.4 % in 2002 to 8.54 % in 2022, a downturn that has been largely driven by the steady scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), and an early and continuous partnership…
Mediclinic Scores High
By:Staff writer The Mediclinic in Namibia has is among eight health facilities receiving four-year accreditation awards at a recent Board Meeting of Council for Health Service Accreditation in South Africa (Cohsasa). A total of eight Mediclinic hospitals, scattered throughout South…
The dark side of birth control
By: Uendjii Kandang For those of us who have been blessed with a uterus, there’s also the brunt of having to deal with menstruation. And sometimes bleeding monthly can become such an enervating thing that we seek ways to deal…
Muinjangue Pushes For Wellness Programmes in Public Service
By:Justicia Shipena The Deputy Minister of Health Social Services Esther Muinjangue has tabled a motion in the National Assembly on the need for workplace wellness in public service. Muinjangue calls for information on wellness to be shared as part of…
First Ever Palliative Care Centre On The Cards For Namibia
By:Justicia Shipena The first phase for the establishment of the first-ever palliative care centre for Namibia is set to cost N$7.5 million. The centre, which will be established through the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN), will be located in Klein…