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Mental Health Awareness Month

Dr Ntombi Nala

Many of us go through challenging periods in life and when these difficult times arise, it is crucial that we seek support from family and friends or a trained professional. The issue of mental health is oftentimes misunderstood and t…

Psychiatrist calls for finalisation of mental health bill

Windhoek: On the eve of the commemoration of World Mental Health Day , local psychiatrist consultant Lahija Koupu – Hamunjela has expressed dissatisfaction at the government ‘ s failure to prioritise mental health . Koupu – Hamunjela , who is the Acti…

Gcaruhwa Clinic opens in Kavango West Region

WINDHOEK: Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula officially opened the Gcaruhwa Clinic in the Kavango West Region on Wednesday.

The new clinic is expected to provide essential healthcare services to Gcaruhwa village and the surro…

Reps pledge support to blood service delivery

The House of Representative Committee on Specialty Healthcare has pledged its support to advocate for increased budgetary allocation to improve blood service delivery in the country.

Lawan Ali-Shettima, Deputy Chairman of the committee, stated this d…

Suspended Yobe PHC boss admits therapeutic food theft

Mr Ibrahim Lawan, Director of Primary Healthcare (PHC), in Nangere Local Government of Yobe, currently on suspension for diverting Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), has confessed to committing the crime.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports …

Allocation of internships for 2024 health professionals concludes

The Department of Health has concluded a process of allocating eligible medical interns and community service applicants for the 2024 mid-year cycle of Internship and Community Service Programme scheduled to commence in July.

‘This is a short cycle m…

Nangombe urges caution amid Mpox outbreak in SA

WINDHOEK: Ministry of Health and Social Services Executive Director, Ben Nangombe has advised members of the public to exercise caution after cases of monkeypox (Mpox) were reported in South Africa.

Nangombe in an interview with Nampa indicated that …

Saving youths from menace of tobacco industry interference

Africa, and indeed Nigeria is known for its generally youthful population.

However, data show that these youths are endangered as the tobacco industry has targeted them for their ‘predatory’ tobacco marketing tactics to create profits, thereby breedi…

CCSI tasks journalists to intensify report on women’s health

The Technical Director of Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), an NGO, Oluyemi Abodunrin, has called for intensified reporting on women’s health.

Abodunrin made the call at a workshop organised by CCSI in collaboration with Pathfinder M…

Nurturing Boy-Child to Save the Girl-Child

In most cultures, especially in Africa, preference to the boy-child has strong cultural, religious, legal and of course, social status.

This is principally because a male heir is needed to continue the family line.

The boy-child, faced with many cha…