The Ministry of Health in Zambia has confirmed that poliovirus type 2 was detected from an environmental sample collected in Lusaka District, following routine surveillance conducted in collaboration with local and international health partners.
Rainwater from a leaking roof flooded parts of Mariental State Hospital.
Videos of the water leakage, showing nurses mopping up rainwater, circulated widely on social media.
The NBC News team reached out to Hardap Health Directorate Regional Director Yvonne Stephanus, who declined to comment.
The Windhoek High Court has awarded N$14 million in damages to Angolan national Matheus Shakolo after the Ministry of Health and Social Services failed to oppose his medical negligence lawsuit.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has registered lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention and treatment medicine.
This means Namibia can now use the injection.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services has announced 32 confirmed cholera cases in the Grootfontein District as of 12 January. Of 99 suspected cases, 32 were confirmed, with zero deaths recorded.
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 Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched a polio vaccination programme in the Kavango East and West regions.
This comes after detection of the virus at a sewerage pond at Rundu's Ndama location.
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus.
The Chief Health Programme Officer in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in the ||Kharas Region, Dorothy Maloboka, has urged tuberculosis patients to refrain from mixing TB medication with alcohol.
The Ministry of Health in Zambia has announced the registration of a long-acting injectable antiretroviral for HIV prevention, known as Lenacapavir.
Members of the National Assembly have welcomed and supported the Mental Health Bill introduced by the Ministry of Health and Social Services while offering suggestions to strengthen its provisions.
