Cervical cancer can be prevented through vaccination and cured if diagnosed early. Yet it still kills more than 300,000 women worldwide each year.
Globally, only around 21% of women have had a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes the disease.
The pressure on healthcare services and facilities is growing in the Erongo Region due to an ageing population, staff shortages, and an underdeveloped healthcare system.
The nation's first Director of Elections and former Deputy Minister of Local Government, Professor Gerhard Tötemeyer, has died at the age of 88.
Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa has expressed deep sorrow at the passing of Professor Gerhard Totemeyer.
She described Professor Totemeyer as a freedom fighter who played a pivotal role in the struggle against apartheid, advocating for justice and equality.
Speaking from his rural abode in the Zambezi Region, former ECN Chairperson and university lecturer, Dr. Victor Tonchi, expressed shock and sadness upon hearing of the death of Professor Totemeyer.
