Dr. Randy Kolstad, USAID Country Representative, Launch of National Guidelines for the Treatment and Management of TB & National Tuberculosis Disease Prevalence Survey It is an honor to join you today in this beautiful Oshakati stadium for this year’s World TB Day commemorations. Today’s commemorations are part of a worldwide occasion to raise awareness about the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 28 March, 2019 | Topics:
Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services, TB, Tuberculosis, World TB Day
Windhoek – On 18 March 2019, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed nutrition equipment valued at N$1 million (US$72,000) to the Ministry of Health and Social Services at Windhoek’s Maxuilili Clinic. The equipment, which consists of 100 body weighing scales, 100 height-measuring ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 18 March, 2019 | Topics:
Health Issues, Key Officials, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: CDC Namibia, Global Health Supply Chain, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia
Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to join you in celebration of International Women’s Day. Each of us is here today because we know that empowering women – economically, politically, and socially – is essential to creating sustainable and prosperous societies. We strongly support Namibia’s theme for this year’s Women’s Day, “empowering people ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 8 March, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, Gender Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: DREAMS, Gender Based Violence, International Women's Day, Namibia
Thank you for inviting me to join you here today. Please allow me to begin by acknowledging the important work you all do to safeguard the rule of law across southern Africa and to recognize its linkage to the global wildlife context. Illegal wildlife trade and other forms of transnational organized crime are a critical ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 February, 2019 | Topics:
Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, USAID, Wildlife
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)
For 30 years we have marked World AIDS Day. On this day we reflect on the impact HIV/AIDS has had on the lives of millions of people around the world. This day also is a solemn reminder of the many lives lost to HIV/AIDS. Today in Namibia, however, we have cause for hope and also ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 30 November, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: CDC, CDC Namibia, HIV/AIDS, VMMC, World Aids Day
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
Thank you for inviting me here today. I, too, come from a small town, so it is special for me to have the opportunity to visit places such as Akutsima. While quite different from my home town, what is the same is the sense of community. I am telling you this because I want you ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 October, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, USAID
| Tags: CDC, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services
Waterberg Anti-Poaching Training Center Thanks to the leadership of the Honorable Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta, Namibia continues to be a model for conservation in the region. Namibia has had great success in combating poaching in recent years, including through the highly successful community-based conservation program, the rhino custodian program, and other collaborative ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 September, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Environment, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID, Wildlife
| Tags: Anti-Poaching, anti-poaching dog, Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s
35,000 Clients Reached with Private Sector Support for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Through the leadership of the Honorable Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Bernard Haufiku, Namibia has made great strides in the fight against HIV/AIDS, establishing itself as a global leader. The recent NAMPHIA data are clear testimony to this great achievement ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 September, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: AIDSFree, Khomas Region, Smartcut Clinics, VMMC, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
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
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)
Congratulations to the clinical staff, community workers, Ministry of Health and Social Services, and most importantly, families and children, on achieving zero cases of HIV infection in 2017 among children born to mothers living with HIV who enrolled in mother-baby follow up in this clinic. This site is one of 21 PEPFAR-supported Ministry sites across ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 May, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: Zero Babies
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
Remarks by Ambassador Johnson 2018 International Women’s Day Reception Thank you for joining me this evening to celebrate International Women’s Day, recognized around the world on March 8. March also is Women’s History Month in the United States, so I’m keeping the celebration going. International Women’s Day first was recognized in 1911 as a strategy ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 March, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Gender Issues, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, USAID
| Tags: #PressforProgress, Women's Day, Women's History Month
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton at the 2017 World AIDS Day Commemoration Katima Mulilo Sports Field, Zambezi Region Good morning! It is a great privilege and honor to be here with you today at the official commemoration of the 30th World AIDS Day. I am especially honored because this is my fourth – but unfortunately last ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 December, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: Word Aids Day
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
Windhoek – On 06 November 2017, 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$31 ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 6 November, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, USAID
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services, PEPFAR, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Daughton
U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks at Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep) Event Wbcg Container, 14th Road, Walvis Bay, Erongo Region Good morning! We are here in Walvis Bay today to recognize another major achievement by the Namibian government in the fight against HIV and AIDS in this country. The achievement we’re marking today is another milestone ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Health Issues, Speeches, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: PrEP, Walvis Bay, World Health Organization
U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks on the Launch of the National Health Report 2014/2015 (Delivered By Mr. Robert Rhodes, Acting USAID Country Representative) Safari Court Hotel, Windhoek, Khomas Region I would like to congratulate the Ministry of Health and Social Services on the completion of the 2014/15 Health Accounts Report, the fifth round of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 5 October, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Sections & Offices, Speeches, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: Health, National Health Report, Rex Tillerson
Remarks by Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton for the handover of Nkurenkuru Health Centre and Nankudu ART Clinic Upgrades Nankudu District, Kavango West Region Good morning! Early this year, the U.S. Government through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, committed itself to provide improved antiretroviral treatment clinic spaces for the communities served by ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 19 September, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID
| Tags: ART
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
