Category: Health & Safety
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…
Teachers in Kavango East call for inclusion in education ministry’s wellness programmes
The Namibia National Teachers Union ( Nantu ) in Kavango East has expressed dissatisfaction over the limited access teachers in the region have to wellness programmes funded by the Ministry of Education , Arts and Culture . Nantu regional chairperson…
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 …
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…
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…
Foundation advocates equal support for male survivors of sexual abuse
The Life After Abuse Foundation (LAAF), a Non-governmental Organisation, has called for gender equality in access to support services for male survivors of sexual abuse.
Ms Halima Layeni, the Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation, made the…