Africa short of 5.3 million health workers

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Africa has a shortage of 5.3 million health workers. 

This was revealed by the Communication Officer of the World Health Organisation's Africa Regional Office, Marie France Uwase, at a media briefing on the preparations for the upcoming First Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum next week.

Miracle baby defies odds

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Healthworkers at the maternity wing at Rundu's Intermediary Hospital have shown off a premature-born baby who defied all odds and is now 1 and a half years old.

Baby Peligrine Triumph Ndara weighed 800 grammes, hardly the size of the hand of an adult person, when she was born on August 2, 2022.

Investments needed in skilled and community health workers

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Outgoing representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Namibia, Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses, has emphasised the ongoing need to further strengthen investments in skilled and community health workers.