The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will invest approximately N$840 million (US$45 million) in providing health and social services to vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth in Namibia. ... read more →
This week Namibia is hosting a team from the Regional Validation Committee to assess Namibia’s submission for Path to Elimination of Mother to child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis... read more →
The World Bank halted new loans to Uganda over the East African government’s enactment of anti-LGBTQ laws that include the death penalty in some cases. According to Bloomberg, the announcement... read more →
Namibia is determined to bring the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate down to less than two percent by 2028. This is according to Ben Nangombe, the Executive Director of the Ministry... read more →
The Health ministry is organizing a workshop centered around Namibia's certification as a country making progress in eliminating the vertical transmission of HIV from mothers to children, along with the... read more →
Press Release Namibia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in southern Africa, but more than 40 percent of Namibia’s youth are unemployed - nearly three times as many... read more →
Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, says that there has been a significant decline in HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Namibia, with prevalence,... read more →
The United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, visited Namibia from June 17 – 20 to celebrate 20 years of The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS... read more →
Press Release Monika was born 24 years ago in the Okahala village in the northern Omusati region of Namibia, as one of seven children, where she grew up with her... read more →