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.
||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.
An ophthalmologist has stepped up to carry out an operation on a learner who is on the verge of losing his eyesight.
The good Samaritan responded after seeing a social media post about Ruston !Gudaob, a grade four pupil at Shalom Primary School in Otavi.
Namibia is in the process of its second nationwide polio vaccination campaign, starting from February 14 to 27, targeting all children under the age of ten.
The type two polio virus was detected in November last year in a sewage sample at Ndama, an informal settlement in Rundu in the Kavango East Region.
The Omusati Region has launched its Polio Vaccination Campaign as part of the nationwide polio immunisation drive.
The four-day vaccination campaign, which aims to immunise all children under the age of 10, will be rolled out throughout the region.
The Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council has issued an advisory about products containing zinc picolinate and selenium for use in children under 18 years.
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
At Grünau, a small, quiet settlement in southern Namibia, a desperate family faces a battle for the life of their little girl.
Catherine, just 18 months old, has a hydrocephalus condition, which is characterised by a buildup of fluid in the brain.
