The Swakopmund Constituency Councillor is advocating for the upgrade of the DRC Clinic into a health centre to ease congestion at the Tamariskia Clinic.

The newly elected Swakopmund Constituency Councillor visited state clinics to assess challenges that are hampering the delivery of services.

The people of Onanghulo and Onamukulo Village in the Ohangwena Region will no longer have to walk a long distance to access healthcare, thanks to the opening of the door of the long-awaited Onanghulo Primary Health Care Clinic.

Residents of Kongola in the Zambezi Region said their area has been forgotten with no tangible development, 17 years after it was proclaimed as a settlement.

At a meeting, the Sifanu Sub-Khuta of Kongola appealed to the government to address the delay in development at the settlement.

The Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, said plans are ongoing to address inequities and constraints to accessing health facilities.

Also to be reviewed is the conduct of healthcare workers and perceived shortcomings in project management.

The ||Kharas and Hardap regions will soon have an endoscopic campaign.

Speaking to nbc News, the Medical Officer at Keetmanshoop Hospital, Dr. Baku Motinga, said the objective of the campaign is to have a database of gastro and intestinal diseases.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is hosting the National Ministerial Health Conference in Windhoek to identify gaps and make recommendations to improve health services.