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Attempts to strengthen the education of health professionals in Southern Africa has yielded the first fruit in Namibia, after the first 3D printed anatomical models were created at Unam’s Hage Geingob Campus in Windhoek. 

Erongo governor Neville Andre has applauded the Japanese embassy in Namibia as well as the World Health Organisation for their continued support towards healthcare in the country.

Members of the public are warned against entering the Etosha National Park in a bid to harvest mopane worms.

The 11 green scheme irrigation farms in Namibia will be put out on the market between May and July this year through a request for proposals (RFP), minister of agriculture Calle Schlettwein has said.

A one-year-old infant drowned in a pond at Okaale village in the Oshikoto region, the police reported at the weekend. Richard Shilongo’s body was found by his mother, who was on her way back home. 

Multiple inconsistencies in the recruitment and promotion of safety and security personnel were discovered by the auditor general’s office during the 2020 financial year. 

A scabies outbreak has forced children out of school and the Ohangwena regional health directorate scrambling to send a team of professionals to the schools. 

The police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after an officer from the Rehoboth police station died instantly after the driver of the patrol vehicle he was travelling in lost control and overturned.

A teacher who was arrested last year for having sex with pupils at his school in Windhoek, will stand trial on the allegations. 

An ambitious campaign to vaccinate 70% of teachers and 70% of learners by June was launched in Windhoek last week.