The Kunene Region's vast distances, scattered settlements and difficult terrain have forced health workers to adopt practical measures to reach every child during the polio campaign.
One of the most notable interventions has been the use of helicopters to access remote communities.
The third round of the Polio vaccination campaign in Oshana Region is progressing successfully despite some community resistance.
Targeting children under 10, the campaign follows outbreaks detected earlier this year.
Polio vaccination is not compulsory in Namibia, and no child should be immunised without parental or guardian consent, Health and Social Services Minister Dr. Esperance Luvindao assured the National Assembly this week.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services inaugurated the 6th Atomic Energy Board of Namibia, which will serve for a period of three years.
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, said NDP6 will guide Namibia's nuclear development while the Atomic Energy Board implements it.
The Zambezi Region has vaccinated over 27,000 children under the age of ten during the third round of polio vaccination, started earlier here to reach children affected by floods and relocations.
Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao, acknowledged that malaria cases in Namibia are reaching worrying levels.
||Kharas Region has vaccinated a total of 10,330 children so far during the third round of the polio vaccination campaign running until 30 April 2026.
Health authorities are satisfied with the TB mass screening campaign, which concluded in Kanovlei Village, Tsumkwe West.
The campaign aimed at detecting TB early and eventually helping to reduce the transmission rate.
The Kaoko-Otavi Correctional Facility in the Opuwo Urban Constituency is operational but struggling to meet the healthcare needs of the surrounding community due to a shortage of medication.
Namibia has been implementing a robust national strategy to eliminate dog-mediated rabies.
The programme, which started in 2016, aims to eliminate dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
