The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched a polio vaccination programme in the Kavango East and West regions.

This comes after detection of the virus at a sewerage pond at Rundu's Ndama location.

Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus.

The Chief Health Programme Officer in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in the ||Kharas Region, Dorothy Maloboka, has urged tuberculosis patients to refrain from mixing TB medication with alcohol. 

The Ministry of Health in Zambia has announced the registration of a long-acting injectable antiretroviral for HIV prevention, known as Lenacapavir.

Members of the National Assembly have welcomed and supported the Mental Health Bill introduced by the Ministry of Health and Social Services while offering suggestions to strengthen its provisions.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) launched the National Strategy for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Adolescent Health and Nutrition, alongside the Triennial Report on the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths, marking a renewed commitment to improving health ou

A group of about 150 medical graduates have raised concerns over timelines and placement of interns with the Ministry of Health and Social Services. 

Kavango East Region recorded over 23,300 cases of malaria, with 23 deaths.

This was shared during the launch of the indoor residual spray at Popa Malaria Camp in the Andara district.

Namibians have been urged to be their brother's keepers and show compassion when addressing social issues, particularly those affecting men's mental health.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services is in the process of implementing a track and trace barcoding system to monitor the movement of medicines from the point of central storage to the patients.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has announced that the new 120-bed maternity facility at the Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospital is almost complete.

The facility will feature first-stage and second-stage rooms, a spacious reception area, a procedure room and a gynaecology theatre.