The Ministry of Health and Social Services is hosting a Polio Response Evaluation and Report Writing Meeting which will take place over the course of the next five days.

Nurses and healthcare workers in Tsumeb benefited from a specialised palliative care training programme.

The training was aimed at strengthening the delivery of home-based healthcare services.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health and Social Welfare held a consultative meeting with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) to discuss findings during their recent oversight visits.

In efforts to improve service delivery at health facilities, the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched the Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for the management of complaints. 

The University of Namibia's (UNAM) and Idaho State University's collaborative advanced life skills training is in its final phase. 

The training aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal deaths will conclude in the Zambezi region, covering midwives from the Kavango West and Kavango East regions. 

Namibia's former Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Richard Kamwi, has been elected President of the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) Executive Council.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esperance Luvindao, inaugurated a renal dialysis unit at Katima Mulilo State Hospital today.

The unit was established by repurposing one of the hospital wards at a total investment of over N$1.7 million.

Despite the dedication of midwives and progress made over the years, maternal and neonatal mortality remain a serious challenge in the country.

This was revealed at the celebration of the International Day of the Midwife, which took place in Windhoek.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services received N$18,4 million from Japanese Supplemental Budget Project to support health security, emergency preparedness and to strengthen its diagnostic capacity.

The funding and equipment were handed over in Windhoek today.

||Kharas Governor Dawid Gertze has welcomed the appointment of Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services Suzan Ndjaleka.

He described the appointment as strategic to strengthen service delivery and accelerate the sixth National Development Plan.