Category: Health
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…
Low Numbers Of Namibians On The Global Bone Marrow Registry – CAN
By:Daniel Ndumba The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) Chief Executive Officer, Rolf Hansen has expressed his concern over what they have observed as a low number of Namibians on the global bone marrow registry. During an interview with The Villager,…
No Funds To Recruit All Covid-19 Volunteers – Nangombe
By:Nguriye Katusuva Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services Ben Nangombe says the ministry is not in a position to recruit everyone that worked as a volunteer during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes after…
Cash & Carry Rundu Shuts Down, Residents Scavenge Around For Expired Food
Annakleta Haikera Mukwe constituency councillor and chairperson of the Kavango East Regional Council, Damian Maghambayi has questioned whether the leaders in his region are aware that people survive by scavenging for eating expired food. The development comes as Cash and…
Pharmacies Has Been Colluding, Fixing Medicine Prices
By:Nghiinomenwa-vali Erastus Various pharmaceutical companies have been colluding and fixing medication prices by adding a 50% markup on the dispensing, which consequentlyhas reduced competition among themselves. The price-fixing scandal has been uncovered by the Namibia Competition Commission involving close to…
N$1 Million Maternity Ward Will Rescue Mothers, Babies
By:Annakleta Haikera The soon to be constructed N$1 million maternity ward at the Rupara Health Centre has been welcomed by women in the Kavango West region, saying it will rescue mothers from being transported to nearby hospitals and from losing…
Namibians urged to eat fish
By Justicia Shipena Fisheries minister Derek Klazen has urged Namibians not to become a nation that knows how to produce and export fish but does not know the taste of its fish. Klazen said this during the national fish consumption…
Namibia confirms 54 cases of Swine Flu
By: Justicia Shipena Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe says the ministry has recorded 54 confirmed cases of Human Influenza virus (HIN1), also known as swine flu, country-wide. This follows after, on Tuesday, the ministry had said it received reports…