All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
ECN to Set Up Voting Stations at Hospital Petronella Sibeene30 October 2009Windhoek — Patients at all hospitals across the country will be able to vote on election days by visiting polling places to be set up at hospital premises.Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, told New Era yesterday that the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) will set up mobile teams at all...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Country' Ready to Receive Flu Vaccine Nangula Shejavali14 October 2009|| Share: THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has indicated to the World Health Organisation that it is ready to receive vaccines for the H1N1 flu, should donations be made available to the country.This was revealed yesterday by WHO Country Representative, Dr Magda Robalo, who told The Namibian that Health Minister Richard...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Cubicles for Smokers a 'No-No' Brigitte Weidlich9 October 2009|| Share: THE Tobacco Products Bill which has been tabled in the National Assembly does not make provision for special cubicles for smokers in public places such as restaurants.In his response to the short debate on the Bill he introduced three weeks ago, Health Minister Richard Kamwi on Wednesday said his Ministry consulted...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
... the nation to protect our communities from TB and prevent it from spreading," said health minister Richard Kamwi in a statement.He said TB remains one of the major public health problems in Namibia, and that the advent of TB-HIV co-infection, compounded by the multi-drug resistant TB and XDR-TB have even made it more challenging to treat and control TB than was the case before."It...
