Namibia: Medicines Policy Revised After 24 Years
[Namibia Economist] The Ministry of Health and Social Services this week launched a revised National Medicines Policy (NMP) to guide and develop pharmaceutical services in the country to meet the requirements of locals in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 30, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: 54 Percent of Babies Die From Preterm Birth
[Namibian] Deputy minister of health and social services Esther Muinjangue says 54% of newborn deaths in Namibia can be attributed to preterm birth and low birthweight. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - November 21, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Namibia: Malnourished and Diabetic At 17
[Namibian] At the age of only 17, Laimi Shitapata suffers from malnutrition and diabetes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Policy, system and practice response to alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in seven countries of the WHO African Region. Brief 9, October 2022.
This Snapshot describes and synthesizes the policy changes in alcohol policies, systems and practices adopted by seven African countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Measures implemented to address the acceptability of alcohol focused on restricting consumption, raising awareness or restricting advertising. Many governments enacted public health restrictions such as changing business hours, closing bars and restaurants and issuing stay-at-home orders that restricted the availability of alcohol. Very few countries implemented regulatory changes...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Still standing inside: a local idiom related to trauma among Namibian speakers of Khoekhoegowab - Claudius M, Shino EN, Job S, Hofmann D, Thalmayer AG.
Euro-centric psychiatric conceptualizations often ignore the interplay of local with universal factors in psychological suffering. Emic, locally focused perspectives can enrich etic knowledge to provide culturally sensitive care and to better elucidate the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Progress on Tuberculosis Can Be Achieved in Africa
In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and so the disease continues to spread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. By Morounfolu OlugbosiJOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 2022 (IPS) The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world’s most deadly infection, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an estimated 1,450 people daily around the world. But this is not news to African countries, which are home to one third of the people globally who die from TB, even though they have less than one fifth of the world’s po...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Morounfolu Olugbosi Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations tuberculosis Source Type: news
Namibia: Outbreak of Lung Sickness Contained, Control Measures Lifted
[Namibia Economist] The control measures that were imposed following an outbreak of contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, commonly known as Lung sickness which occurred in most parts of the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) since February this year have been lifted. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Geingob Urges Nations to Speak With One Voice Against Conflicts and Diseases
[Namibia Economist] The President, HE Dr. Hage Geingob on Monday urged nations to speak against poverty and inequalities creating tensions and division. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Malaria Remains Major Killer Globally
[New Era] Okongo -- SADC Elimination-8 ambassador and former health minister Dr Richard Kamwi says malaria remains a major killer disease globally. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 9, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Namibia: Lessons From Who GBV Clinical Handbook
[WHO-AFRO] Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a sensitive topic that requires professionals working with victims and survivors to be empathetic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Suspected Mumps Outbreak in Erongo Region
[Namibian] The Erongo regional health directorate on Friday issued a warning of a suspected outbreak of mumps in the Swakopmund district. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Sarb Pushes Repo Up to Pre-Covid-19 Levels
[Namibian] THE South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has increased the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 6,25%, back to pre-Covid-19 levels - a move Namibia is expected to emulate next month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 24, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
No evidence that dehorning black rhinos negatively impacts the species ’ reproduction or survival, study finds
There are no statistically significant differences in key factors of population growth - breeding, birth, survival, life span and death - between dehorned or horned black rhinos new research, conducted by the University of Bristol Vet School, Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism, and Save the Rhino Trust has found. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - September 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Veterinary School; Press Release Source Type: news
8 cheetahs arrive to India from Namibia as part of reintroduction project
After going extinct in India over 70 years ago, cheetahs are finally making a comeback in the country with a new reintroduction program. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cheetahs return to India after 70-year absence
Eight radio-collared African cheetahs step out on to the grassland of Kuno National Park in central India, their final destination after a 5,000-mile journey from Namibia that has drawn criticism... #grassland #conservationists #kunonationalpark (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
