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.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, has stated that mobile clinics are strategically established to tackle the specific challenges associated with delivering health care in remote and underserved areas.

Members of the National Council (NC) have raised concerns regarding challenges affecting different regions, such as access to health facilities, shortage of medical staff and the need for improved services in rural and remote areas.

The MPs were contributing to the Health and Social Services budget.

The Kunene Region's vast distances, scattered settlements and difficult terrain have forced health workers to adopt practical measures to reach every child during the polio campaign.

One of the most notable interventions has been the use of helicopters to access remote communities.

Health facilities in the Musese Constituency of the Kavango West Region are grappling with persistent electricity challenges that are hampering service delivery, particularly at Gcaruhwa Clinic and Rupara Health Centre.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, has stated that Namibia's public health workers are the second-highest paid in the SADC region.

The Zambezi Health Directorate has received four ambulances, a critical upgrade to emergency services where communities have long struggled with limited medical transport options.

For over a decade, the hospital relied on a single ageing ambulance to serve a region with widespread medical needs.

Residents of Oshikunde's Onamafila village and the surrounding areas are calling for urgent action as their recently constructed primary health care clinic remains closed more than a year after completion.

At Grünau, a small, quiet settlement in southern Namibia, a desperate family faces a battle for the life of their little girl. 

Catherine, just 18 months old, has a hydrocephalus condition, which is characterised by a buildup of fluid in the brain.