All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi says no senior citizens, orphans and vulnerable children should be charged user fees at State health facilities.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
HIV prevention efforts in Namibia should "put more emphasis" on changing behavior and reducing HIV-associated stigma and discrimination, Namibian Health Minister Richard Kamwi said recently at a one-day meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, The Namibian/AllAfrica.com reports.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Health and Social Services Minister Dr Richard Kamwi commended Government for continuing to improve Primary Health Care.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Meningitis cases reported in the Caprivi Region this week should not be considered a cause for alarm, the Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Richard Kamwi said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... date between 204 000 to 300 000 people have been now infected, Minister of Health Social Services Richard Kamwi said this week.Speaking at the one-day consultative meeting on the National HIV-AIDS Prevention Strategy held in the capital, Kamwi said cumulative figures show that the death toll as of March 2008 to date stands at 3 790.He said the unique gathering thus brought...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Namibia: Country Polio-FreePetronella SibeeneThe continental poliovirus certification body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission on Polio Eradication, has declared Namibia polio-free.Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, yesterday told New Era that Namibia has now joined 24 other countries with a polio-free status.Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is a disease...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Little progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, says Health Minister Richard Kamwi.
Unicef (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
The innovative pilot project is collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, and UNICEF. Reiterating his ministry’s commitment to expanded birth registration, the Minister of Health, Dr. Richard Kamwi, said that plans call for rolling out this service to all of the country’s 34 hospitals (starting with 6 hospitals in 2009),...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Namibia: Health Strategic Plan ReviewedPetronella SibeeneA review of a five-year strategic plan that will provide direction and improve efficiency, equity and effectiveness in the health sector took place yesterday in the capital.Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, said the review will guide the stakeholders' joint efforts in ensuring that resources are equitably...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Namibia: World Health Report to Be LaunchedPetronella SibeeneThe World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services will today launch the World Health Report 2008 that highlights the ailing health systems in the country and beyond.To be officially launched by the Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Richard Kamwi, the report critically assesses the manner...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... identify what has worked well, the good practices and constraints," Minister of Health, Dr Richard Kamwi, said.Top on the meeting's agenda will be a plan of action on the family, the African Decade for Disabled Persons, the establishment of a steering committee on the elderly and the ageing and a study on social protection systems in Africa.Generally, the conference will look at the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... Republic of Congo has continued the transmission of polio in these countries.Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi added that Namibia has a track record of 20 days for responding effectively to polio importation, but cautioned against becoming complacent, stating that "improving routine immunisation coverage at national and sub-national levels must remain a high priority".Kamwi,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
... non-existence of wild poliovirus circulating in Namibia.Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, yesterday said Namibia is among six other countries whose performance on polio eradication will be scrutinised by the commission at its 10th Annual General Meeting underway in Windhoek.The other countries are Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Liberia, Mali and Madagascar.The general...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
... of hands with soap to kill the bacteria or germs," the Minister of Health and Social Services Dr Richard Kamwi told New Era.He added that all Namibians regardless of age must automatically put into practice the washing of hands with soap to ensure that no bacteria is taken from the hand to the mouth.The UN General Assembly says the guiding vision of Global Hand Washing Day is a local...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... met Prime Minister Nahas Angula yesterday morning.During the meeting head of the delegation, Sir Richard Feachem, said the team was eager to help Namibia map out a plan for malaria elimination and also identify the financial gap.SADC has set a goal of eliminating malaria from its four southernmost countries (Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa) by 2015.Malaria is still a major...
