2018-09-12Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The founder of the Women’s Action for Development (WAD) Veronica de Klerk says Life Skills is an important school subject and can potentially impart skills on gender-based violence (GBV). View more
2018-09-13Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Over 35, 000 men have been circumcised in Khomas Region since the inception of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programme in 2009. View more
2018-09-13Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Local artist Albert Uulenga, better known by his stage name Mushe, yesterday called on uncircumcised men to get the ‘smart cut’. View more
2018-09-13Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK -The Women’s Action for Development (WAD) and the Wise Economy Global Association in Sweden yesterday launched the ‘My period is awesome’ pilot project that would train Life Skills teachers in menstrual hygiene management as well as Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. View more
2018-09-17Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Eleven years ago, Eline van der Linden gave birth to a baby girl with Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a genetic condition where a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21. View more
2018-09-18Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Namibian students pursuing medical-related studies at two Zambian universities are yet to resume classes despite the Namibia health ministry indicating in July that they were reinstated. View more
2018-09-18Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The number of cervical cancer cases among women in Namibia has increased by 50 percent, making it the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in Namibia. View more
2018-09-18Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The founder of the Megameno Orphanage in Katutura is appealing for assistance to settle the municipal debt of N$16 000. View more
2018-09-19Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Two nurses at the Okuryangava clinic who allegedly refused to attend to a 24-year-old woman in labour, who subsequently gave birth at the gate of the clinic, have been suspended with immediate effect pending a disciplinary procedure. View more
2018-09-19Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Namibian students pursuing medical related courses at Cavendish University in Zambia will commence classes, following approval by the Health Professions Council of Zambia for the university to offer the Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery programme. View more
2018-09-20Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Health and Social Services is on alert mode to deal with cholera, should the deadly infectious disease spill over from neighbouring Zimbabwe where it has killed 30 people in recent weeks. View more
2018-09-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Contrary to Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Bernard Haufiku’s announcement that two nurses at Okuryangava Clinic were suspended with immediate effect “for failing to examine and make a patient comfortable”, the two nurses are still on duty. View more
2018-09-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - New Era recently sat with a married couple who were romantically involved for ten years before tying the knot in 2013. View more
2018-09-24Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Plans are underway to introduce the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine in Namibia to state patients next year, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Juliet Kavetuna, has revealed. View more
2018-09-24Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Last week Saturday, a new fitness entity christened Genesis Fitness opened to the communities of Katutura and Windhoek in general. View more
2018-09-25Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will tomorrow hold its first-ever high-level meeting on the fight against Tuberculosis (TB), under the theme “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”. View more
2018-09-26Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Namibia is one of the countries that will participate in the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level meeting to undertake a comprehensive review of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases tomorrow. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are medical conditions or diseases that are not caused by infectious agents. View more
2018-09-28Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The two nurses implicated in the case of a 24-year old woman who gave birth at the entrance of the Okuryangava Clinic will not be suspended. View more
2018-10-01Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Health Focus this week looks into skin bleaching and whether it is advisable to use skin lightening products. View more
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