On March 29 the U.S. Ambassador to Namibia, Lisa Johnson, presented certificates of completion to healthcare providers from the Khomas Region who have been trained on the “screen and treat” procedure as part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relieve (PEPFAR). The Ambassador also sat in on a patient education session to learn more ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 29 March, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: CDC Namibia, Cervical Cancer, Ministry of Health and Social Services
Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy Regional Security Office and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently offered a workshop to the Namibian Police Force-Drug Enforcement Division which included a regional overview and a discussion of drug trafficking trends. The DEA also provided drug testing kits to the Drug Enforcement Division. The workshop was attended by 28 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 February, 2019 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Division, Namibian Police Force (NAMPOL)
The U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section is celebrating Black History Month with educational and cultural events during the month of February. The programs will be held at the American Cultural Center on Independence Avenue, at the Sanlam Centre, Third Floor (3rd) in Windhoek. Entrance is free and open to the public. Speakers Program: In honoring ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 5 February, 2019 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Education, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia
| Tags: African American History, Black History Month
The U.S. Embassy awarded Sister Namibia with a grant for US $20,000 (N$280,000) to address gender-based violence (GBV) through discussion and dialoguing around gender norms. In recognition of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, U.S. Ambassador to Namibia Lisa Johnson recently met with Sister Namibia Acting Director Laura Sasman to congratulate ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 7 December, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia
| Tags: Public Affairs Small Grants Program, Sister Namibia
The U.S. Embassy in Namibia, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, continued its assistance to help Namibia control the hepatitis E outbreak by announcing the handover of 600 hepatitis E rapid test kits and personal protective equipment to the Ministry of Health and Social Services. This support is a continuation of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 4 December, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Hepatitis E
Windhoek – On 28 November 2018, the United States Government (USG), represented by the Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Government of the Republic of Namibia, represented by the National Planning Commission (NPC) and the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), signed an amendment to their 2007 bilateral grant agreement to add US$28.2 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 28 November, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services
Thank you for allowing me to join you today. In thinking about what you will discuss and learn at this workshop, I thought it would be helpful for me to connect what you do on the local level here to the wider global context. Wildlife crime is pushing some of the world’s most emblematic species ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 November, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Environment, Gender Issues, News, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, USAID, Wildlife
Today is a remarkable day. The results presented here today show that Namibia is one of the countries leading the world in implementation of a successful national response to end the HIV epidemic. Namibia, I congratulate you. I especially want to congratulate the women of Namibia for having already achieved the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets two ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 August, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, NamPHIA, PEPFAR
Today we are celebrating the “DREAMS” program. The name is very appropriate, because through this program, adolescent girls and young women receive the support they need to be Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe. And with this support, they can achieve their dreams. All too often, girls’ dreams are interrupted. Research shows a cycle ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 16 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: DREAMS
Good evening, and welcome! Some of you here may have enjoyed Fourth of July celebrations in the United States, where Americans decorate their homes and streets with red, white, and blue flags and gather as communities to celebrate with picnics, parades, and fireworks. Today, I am delighted to celebrate the 242nd anniversary of U.S. Independence ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 3 July, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia
| Tags: Independence Day, July 4th
U.S. Africa Command recently facilitated the training of 15 Namibian personnel in the disposal of explosive ordnances as part of the U.S. Government’s Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) program. Training was provided to 10 members of the Namibian Defense Force (NDF) and 5 members of the Namibian Police (NAMPOL). All 5 NAMPOL students were female. The ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 8 June, 2018 | Topics:
Africa, News, U.S. & Namibia
| Tags: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Namibian Defense Force (NDF), Namibian Police, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Defense Department
Windhoek – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is pleased to announce a N$32,000,000 partnership over five years with the TONATA PLHIV (People Living with HIV) Network to expand community-based HIV treatment among its network of over 600 community support groups representing 17,300 Namibians living with the virus. The partnership with funding from ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 6 June, 2018 | Topics:
Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: Antiretroviral Treatment (ART)
USAID/Namibia seeks feedback on a draft program for voluntary medical male circumcision at the link below. USAID works in close partnership with the Ministry of Health and Social Services to deliver VMMC to prevent new HIV infections. Feedback may consist of advising USAID of the likely success of the technical approach, addressing barriers to circumcision ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 7 May, 2018 | Topics:
News
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Lisa A. Johnson during the Southern Africa Regional Cyber Investigations & Electronic Evidence Workshop On behalf of the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, I would like to welcome all of you to the U.S. Department of Justice’s workshop on investigating cybercrime and collecting electronic evidence. This is a matter of importance and urgency ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 10 April, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Speeches
| Tags: Electronic Evidence
Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy in Windhoek facilitated a visit by instructors and experts from the U.S. Forest Service and Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service from March 19-23, 2018. Over 25 personnel from the Windhoek Emergency Management Division participated in the specialty training over a period of five days. This is the third such ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 26 March, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia
| Tags: City of Windhoek, U.S. Forest Service, Windhoek Fire Department
Windhoek – On 19 March 2018, the United States Ambassador Lisa Johnson, together with representatives of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, celebrated the successful treatment of three young patients suffering from extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) at the Katutura Intermediate Hospital’s TB Clinic in the capital. The cured patients are part of a group ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 19 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID
| Tags: Ambassador Lisa Johnson, CDC, Tuberculosis
In honor of Black History Month, the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section will be hosting a movie-and-discussion series on Fridays in February. The movies are free and open to the public. February 2, 2018 Selma, a chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 5 February, 2018 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Black History Month
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joins the world in commemorating
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence starting today, November 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women), and ending December 10 (International Human Rights Day). USAID works to prevent and respond to instances of gender-based violence (GBV) around the globe. GBV undermines the safety, health and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 25 November, 2017 | Topics:
Gender Issues, News, USAID
| Tags: 16 Days of Activiism Against Gender-Based Violence, GBV
Ms. Michele Russell, Acting Country Representative, USAID Namibia Remarks at Graduation of Community Health Workers Regional Council Hall, Outapi, Omusati Region On behalf of USAID and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR, I thank you for the opportunity to address you at this wonderful occasion – an occasion that can make us ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 16 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, USAID
Ten high school students from Miami, Florida, met with U.S. Ambassador to Namibia Thomas Daughton on July 21. The students were visiting Namibia as part of the Nyah Project Fellowship, a program founded on the belief that travel awakens leaders and develops diverse youth leaders through transformative experiences abroad. Since arriving in the country last week, the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 21 July, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News
| Tags: Nyah Project Fellowship
Windhoek – The U.S. Embassy Regional Security Office facilitated a Fraudulent Document Training course presented by Diplomatic Security investigators and experts from the U.S. Consulate in Cape Town, South Africa to Namibian Police officers, Namibian Customs officers, Namibian Immigration officers, Bank of Namibia officials, and members of the private sector. The training course focused on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 4 April, 2017 | Topics:
embassy, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Fraudulent Document Training, NamPol
Windhoek — The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will purchase eight (8) water tanker trucks and promote community and school sanitation valued at US$1.6 million (N$21 million). Additionally, USAID, with funding from the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is rolling out US$2.2 million (N$28 million) in drought ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 February, 2017 | Topics:
Agriculture, Environment, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Sections & Offices, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Drought, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Office of the Prime Minister
Travelers are reminded that if travelling to the northern or eastern parts of Namibia, to please contact your health care provider to inquire about malaria prophylaxis at least one week before your travel. According to the Ministry of Health and Social Services, all regions are experiencing an increase of malaria cases. The Oshikoto Region has ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 February, 2017 | Topics:
Health Issues, News, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: CDC, CDC Namibia, Malaria, Ministry of Health and Social Services
In the past, the school pupils of Omaungete Mobile School in the Kunene Region would set off to school barefoot. With help from six education students from Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in the city of Tacoma, Washington in the United States of America, they are now able to walk to school in comfort and safety. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 20 January, 2017 | Topics:
Education, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Education, Pacific Lutheran University, Press Release
Neatly tucked away in Kamunu village, in the Zambezi region is the Kutwano Organization of Sports for People with Disabilities (PWD). Kutwano, which means ‘working together’ in Silozi has an estimated number of 128 active members, who they train and mentor in different sports disciplines. The American Ambassador to Namibia, Thomas. F. Daughton, through the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 January, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: disabilities, paralympian, sport equipment
Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks at the Official Handover of the Linyanti Combined School Fence Good afternoon! Thank you all for joining us today for the official handover of the new Linyanti Combined School fence. This fence project was one of six initiatives from across Namibia that were supported by the American Embassy during the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 November, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Speeches
| Tags: Barack Obama, Linyanti Combined School
The U.S. Embassy’s American Cultural Center in Namibia, under “The American Music Abroad Program”, is hosting a series of public concerts next week on anti-bullying and gender-based violence delivered by American hip-hop group Wordsmith. Wordsmith will perform three concerts while in Namibia. On Tuesday, November 1, they will perform in Ongwediva at the Sam Nuyoma ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 27 October, 2016 | Topics:
American Spaces, Art & Culture, Culture, Education, Events, Gender Issues, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs
| Tags: American Spaces, Gender Based Violence, The American Music Abroad Program, Wordsmith
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Daughton Peace Corps Swearing-In Ceremony October 20, 2016, Municipality Hall, Okahandja Good morning! It is a great pleasure for me to be here today to launch another generation of Peace Corps Volunteers in Namibia — Americans ready to give of themselves to work alongside Namibians as equal partners in pursuit of shared ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 20 October, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Culture, Education, News, Sections & Offices, Speeches, U.S. Agencies
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton at the Official Handover of Prefabricated Containers to Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) Onandjokwe District Hospital Good morning, and thank you all for joining us today to mark an important milestone in the provision of high-quality HIV treatment to Namibians living with HIV in this district. It’s important because today ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 22 September, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Onandjokwe, PEPFAR, Remarks, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Daughton
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton Official Opening of the Scaling Up HIV Viral Load Testing Workshop Safari Hotel, Windhoek September 13, 2016 Good morning! It is a pleasure for me to welcome you to Windhoek for what I am sure will be a valuable workshop on scale-up of viral load testing. This is the third in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 September, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, Namibia, PEPFAR, UNAIDS
“Scaling up HIV Viral Load Testing and uptake of the Results through Improving Efficiencies of Systems” More than 120 technical experts from 11 different African countries are expected to convene in Windhoek, Namibia on 13 September, for a four-day HIV Viral Load Testing workshop at Safari Court Hotel. Viral load testing is recommended by the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 11 September, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Yes, we have a brand new website! Have a look around! The new-look website has seven sections representing broad topics that may be of interest to you. The sections are broken down further into sub-categories to assist you in finding specific information. The Seven Sections are:
Visas – For all your Visa needs and questions.
U.S. Citizen Services – ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 July, 2016 | Topics:
News
U.S. Ambassador to Namibia Thomas Daughton and USAID Representative to Namibia Brian Fink joined the Minister in Charge of the National Planning Commission, the Honorable Tom Alweendo, on July 14 to sign an amendment to the USAID Health Strategic Objective Agreement (SOAG). The amendment adds an additional US$10,327,226 of funding for HIV/AIDS Treatment Acceleration in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 July, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: USAID
Namibia can now export beef to the United States of America, according to a July 13 decision by the U.S. government. A final ruling from the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service published on July 13 adds Namibia to the list of countries eligible to export meat and meat products to the United States. U.S. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 July, 2016 | Topics:
Business, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Business, Export Beef
