2018-12-12Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Khomas regional governor Laura McLeod-Katjirua yesterday condemned the charismatic churches operating in Namibia that discourage HIV positive members from taking their antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) prescriptions. View more
2018-12-14Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - New and existing students at the University of Namibia (Unam) have to brace themselves for a six percent increase in tuition fees for the 2019 academic year. View more
2018-12-14Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Last year in April, 13-year-old Fillimon George collapsed and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital. View more
2018-12-19Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK- The Ministry of Health and Social Services is exploring the Public Private Partnership (PPP) option to renovate the nurses’ homes at Windhoek Central and Katutura intermediate hospitals, it was revealed. View more
2018-12-19Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - An epidemiologist from Uganda who spent two months in Namibia on a mission to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services and the World Health Organisation (WHO) country office to support the Hepatitis E response says behaviour change is needed to stop the spread of the disease. View more
2018-12-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Only two out of 240 foreign-trained medical and dental graduates who sat for the Medical and Dental Councils board examinations in November passed the first part of the examination. View more
2019-01-08Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The Ministry of Health and Social Services says it is addressing the shortage of health professionals at state health facilities, especially those in the regions, by filling critical posts. View more
2019-01-09Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – More than 781 713 patients were seen at various state health facilities in Windhoek from March 2017 to April last year, which is nearly double the area’s catchment population of 410 918. View more
2019-01-16Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The rights of borrowers who make use of cash loan services are now protected under the Micro-Lending Act 2018 (Act No. 7 of 2018) which came into effect in October last year. View more
2019-01-17Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) has condemned Harare for the internet blockade in that country which has affected critical sectors such as health, education and businesses that rely on the internet to transact and operate. View more
2019-01-17Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The principal of Rocky Crest Primary School yesterday said parental involvement in the academic lives of their children is crucial as it benefits everybody. View more
2019-01-18Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - Residents of Mix informal settlement in Windhoek Rural Constituency continue to bemoan the lack of basic services such as electricity, ablution facilities and the high unemployment rates. View more
2019-01-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Foreign-trained medical professionals who lodged an urgent application on Friday in the Windhoek High Court were granted their wish when the Medical and Dental Council of Namibia heeded their call that pre-internship written evaluation be postponed. View more
2019-01-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK –HIV positive residents of the Mix informal settlement which is located some 20 kilometers north of Windhoek say the lack of transport fare to travel to Windhoek is one of the reasons some fail to collect their anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs, thus compromising their health. View more
2019-01-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – “As long as you set goals for yourself, nothing can stop you, except yourself. Nothing comes easy but if you know what you want to become, you can achieve that through hard work, dedication and commitment,” were the words of a young medical graduate who obtained a Bachelor of General Medicine and Surgery (MD), from the Kursk State Medical University in Russia. View more
2019-01-21Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – It is a tradition that at the beginning of each year, some people set new year’s resolutions. Be it individual or corporate, these goals are generally aimed at guiding people on the path to attaining their goals for the new year. View more
2019-01-29Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – Patients seeking medicine at state hospitals continue to complain of a shortage of medicines and pharmaceutical supplies, which often results in them purchasing these supplies at private pharmacies. View more
2019-01-30Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK - The damaged stairs at the Ruacana waterfalls in Omusati continue to be an eyesore to tourists and locals alike but the authorities seemingly do not want to take responsibility for their maintenance. View more
2019-01-31Alvine Kapitako WINDHOEK – The CEO of the Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) Rolf Hansen says much needs to be done to break the stigma on cancer, particularly in rural areas where it is taboo to speak about the disease. View more
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