The Kavango West Health Director, Fransiska Hamutenya, has expressed concern over community members who are refusing to open their houses for the Indoor Residual Spraying teams.
Hamutenya addressed the community during the official handover of sanitation facilities at the Mupini Health Care Centre.
Ukwangali Traditional Authority Hompa Eugene Siwombe has called on the community to cooperate with the Malaria Indoor Residual Spray team.
Siwombe was speaking at the launch of the campaign at Nkurenkuru.
The campaign, which will run until early December, aims to achieve 85% coverage.
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 Ministry of Health and Social Services has intensified efforts to combat malaria in the Zambezi Region.
The region recorded 32 thousand cases since January, with 21 fatalities.
Engela Hospital continues to record an increase in Malaria cases, with over 1,500 reported since January.
This was revealed during the familiarisation tour to the hospital by the Ohangwena Governor, Kadiva Hamutumwa.
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 World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted Namibia's efforts to strengthen public health responses, focusing on the country's intensified fight against a malaria surge and its continued leadership in tobacco control across Africa.
As malaria continues to pose a health concern in some parts of the country, a former Japanese volunteer, Kumi Ono, has made it her mission to stand with communities in the Zambezi Region in the fight against the disease.
Kavango East Region recorded over 23,300 cases of malaria, with 23 deaths.
This was shared during the launch of the indoor residual spray at Popa Malaria Camp in the Andara district.
The Minister of Health and Social Services Esperance Luvindao announced the end of the cholera and malaria outbreak following a thorough epidemiological assessment and in accordance with World Health Organisation guidelines.
