The Erongo Regional Council, through its Constituency Development Fund, has allocated machinery and equipment valued at N$350,000 to support around 30 small entrepreneurs across various sectors in Arandis and Henties Bay.
Visibility equipment to be used by the Namibian Police at high accident zones along the main national road in the Otjozondjupa Region is aimed at curbing road accidents.
There is a need for Africa to locally manufacture vaccines and fill immunisation gaps.
Currently, Africa imports 99 percent of its vaccines.
Moreover, more than 90 percent of medicines and medical devices are imported.
The Okondjatu Combined School received equipment worth N$150,000 from Kaijata Kangueehi, who is a former learner of the school from the late 1970s.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) faced questions about the availability of cancer treatment equipment in the country following the death of Dr. Hage Geingob, who had to seek treatment in this regard in the United States of America.
The Karasburg East Constituency Office has handed over various types of equipment worth N$300,000 to approximately 60 beneficiaries.
This initiative aims to alleviate unemployment and reduce the poverty rate in the constituency.
18 small and medium enterprises in the Katutura East Constituency have received equipment from the Khomas Region's Income Generating Activity Programme to improve their businesses and create jobs.
Twenty-eight beneficiaries from the John Pandeni Constituency received equipment and material to support their small businesses.
The equipment and material given through the SME support programme are worth N$250 000.
The availability of medical equipment is key to the provision of quality health care services.
Health and Social Services Minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula made this remark when he received medical equipment from South Korea and Iceland through the World Health Organization.
