The Oshana Region is targeting more than 30,000 children in a 10-day integrated vaccination campaign against measles, rubella and polio.

The Kavango East Region Health Directorate has launched the national campaign on a newly introduced PrEP injection, which helps prevent the HIV virus.

The campaign is targeting about 200 people in the region.

The Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign for Malaria commenced in the Omuthiya District.

Omuthiya District Hospital Environmental Health Practitioner Victoria Gideon is urging the public to allow the spray operators to access their homes.

The Kavango East and West Health Directorates launched a "Cataract Surgical Eye Campaign" at the Intermediate Rundu Hospital.

The long-awaited campaign is themed "Restoring Hope and Freedom."

The campaign targets more than 400 patients in the two regions and has so far operated on 240 patients. 

A cataract surgical campaign was launched at the Katima Mulilo State Hospital.

The campaign brings hope to hundreds of patients suffering from preventable blindness.

The ||Kharas Region has achieved its polio vaccination campaign target, after a 91% coverage in the first round of the polio vaccination since it started in January.

The Kavango East Region has recorded over 3,300 cases of malaria so far this year.

In response, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is urging residents to allow indoor residual spray teams into their homes as the malaria prevention campaign officially kicks off this Monday. 

Ida Mendai, the Regional Health Director of Kavango East, is urging residents to cooperate with spray operators during the Indoor Residual Spray Campaign.

This method of malaria prevention targets mosquitoes that rest indoors and is set to begin on September 16th.