It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Do your breast exam monthly, yourself. Find out from your parents if any of your close relatives had breast cancer, and if they had, make sure that 10 years before the age at which they had the cancer, you get a full examination done at your doctor. My condolences to all those who have lost a loved one to breast cancer.
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Vital Signs: Men encouraged to have breast examinations
She highly recommends men to do self-examinations or to visit primary healthcare professionals for breast checks also. “Some men do develop lumps in their breasts, and it’s very hard for them to come for an examination unless there is a problem,” she noted.
Rural school gets fence donation
A rural school in the Kabbe South constituency of Zambezi region received a donation of fencing material to the value of N$25 000, from Favor Fishing company last Friday.
Cancer Apple Project goes digital
Bank Windhoek and the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) have revamped and digitalised the 2021 Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project via e-Apple platform where people can buy apples and apple juice through the online application.
Education to take over CLaSH
After nearly three decades of rendering support services to the hearing-impaired children in Namibia, the Association for Children with Language, Speech and Hearing Impairments of Namibia (CLaSH) is closing shop at the end of this year.
Ondera farm dormant amid electricity struggles
The once flourishing government resettlement farm of Ondera, about 70 kilometres north of Tsumeb has turned into a shadow of itself. Agricultural production has come to a halt because of the inability of the occupants to pay the electricity bill. Farm Ondera is a combination of two farms - Ondera and Komeva.
Ongwediva inaugurates new junior council
The Ongwediva Town Council on Tuesday saw the swearing-in of Teofilus Shaduka, a learner at the Gabriel Taapopi Secondary School, as the new junior mayor.
Namwandi distances himself from Limkokwing
Former education minister David Namwandi has vehemently denied any involvement in the Malaysian-owned Limkokwing University saga. Namwandi, minister of higher education Itah Kandjii-Murangi and former Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) CEO Hilya Nghiwete have so far all been accused of facilitating the establishment of the university, in a document circulating on social media this
Kavango West concerned over high teenage pregnancy rate
The Kavango West directorate of education has called for an increase in psychosocial support for the counselling needs at schools where teenage pregnancies continue to keep learners away from class.
Two murdered in Oshikoto on Monday
A 43-year-old woman was beaten to death by her boyfriend on Monday at Onethika village in the Oshikoto region. The 36-year-old suspect is a cattle herder who hails from Mpungu in the Kavango West region.