The Namibian government is in the process of gazetting the revised National Disability Policy to ensure full participation in development by persons living with disabilities.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi says the policy was revised to align with several national and international legal provisions.
Oshikoto Governor Sacky Kathindi delivered his maiden State of the Region Address at Omuthiya under the theme "Purposeful Action Towards a People-Driven Development".
In his address, Kathindi highlighted the region's developmental progress and its potential to become "an unstoppable force for change".
The Namibian Organic Association held its second Organic Agriculture and Agro-ecology conference today.
The conference looked at how to reduce the use of pesticides and other harmful synthetic chemicals to protect the environment and minimise health risks.
The National Council Committee on Health, Social Welfare, and Labour recommends the decentralisation of psychiatric treatment at state hospitals in the regions.
The Council visited the state hospitals at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.
The Kavango East Region and Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe will renew the memorandum of understanding initially signed between the two regions in 2019 for an additional five years.
