Christmas Shikongo is a 33-year-old father of three and a community mobilizer working to reduce HIV-related deaths in Omuhongo Village, northern Namibia. For months, Christmas has been educating and counseling adolescent boys, men, and their partners on the health benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing HIV. As he escorted some of his ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 3 November, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC)
Good morning. Since I arrived in Namibia nearly one year ago, I have travelled widely across the country, and I have experienced what we really mean when we say this is a vast country. I have seen how rapidly the roads change from tar to gravel, and I have experienced the added time and skill ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 October, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CDC Global, CDC Namibia, Mentorship Program, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Vehicle
Windhoek – The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will invest approximately N$840 million (US$45 million) in providing health and social services to vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth in Namibia. This was announced by the PEPFAR Namibia Deputy Principal for USAID, Ms. Tamara Cox, who is currently visiting the Land of the Brave. ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 August, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS Program, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Project Hope Namibia, Reach Namibia
For individuals living with chronic illnesses such as HIV, making sure that the right medicines are accessible at convenient locations is critical to successful treatment and positive health outcomes. Dedicated pharmacists and supply chain professionals like thirty-four-year-old Leena Shailemo are key to making this possible. Shailemo, who has worked as an information technology professional for ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 26 June, 2023 | Topics: embassy, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Global Health Supply Chain Program, IT, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia
Windhoek – The United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, visited Namibia from June 17 – 20 to celebrate 20 years of The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and 18 years of saving lives in Namibia. During his three-day visit, Ambassador Dr. Nkengasong engaged with Namibian government officials and ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 21 June, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, Deputy Prime Minister, Grassroots Soccer (GRS), HIV/AIDS, Honorable Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, Honorable Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Peace Corps, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Monika was born 24 years ago in the Okahala village in the northern Omusati region of Namibia, as one of seven children, where she grew up with her father as well as with her grandparents. In 2018, she had to drop out of school at grade 9 when they refused to pay the school fees ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 7 June, 2023 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS NAMIBIA, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Omusati Region, Oshakati, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Project Hope Namibia, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
U.S. Ambassador to Namibia Randy Berry traveled to the Oshana, Oshikoto, and Ohangwena regions on May 8-11 to engage beneficiaries of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), senior government officials, and various members of the community. On Tuesday, Ambassador Randy Berry paid a courtesy visit to the Oshikoto and Ohangwena Regional Governors, Honorable ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 12 May, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC Namibia, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibian Government, Ohangwena, Onandjokwe State Hospital, Ongwediva, Oshakati, Peace Corps Namibia, U.S. Ambassador Randy Berry
Windhoek – The Ambassador of the United States of America to Namibia, Randy Berry, handed over 26 mobile freezers and 21 temperature monitoring systems to the Ministry of Health and Social Services on March 28, 2023, at the Central Medical Stores in Windhoek. The equipment to the value of N$1.2 million helps the Health Ministry ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 28 March, 2023 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Ambassador Randy Berry, Freezers, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Swakopmund – On March 9th, the U.S. Government joined the Ministry of Health and Social Services in commemorating yet another milestone of Namibia’s fight against HIV as the country managed to get 270,000 young boys and men circumcised, with support of the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). “The risk of contracting ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 10 March, 2023 | Topics: embassy, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Erongo, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Swakopmund, VMMC Namibia, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Smiling and singing, a group of mothers in the Oshana region are celebrating the graduation of their children. But this is no ordinary graduation. All the mothers are living with HIV, and the graduating children are just 18 months old. By taking their antiretroviral medicine consistently and correctly, the mothers have kept their infants HIV-free ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 March, 2023 | Topics: embassy, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, CDC Namibia, DAPP, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Good afternoon! It is an honour to be with you today to commemorate this World AIDS Day. The United States government remains committed to work with the Namibian government by “Putting Ourselves to the Test to Achieve Equity to End HIV”, which is the United States’ theme for this year’s World AIDS Day. This theme ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 December, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, Health, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Oshana, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Government, World Aids Day
Windhoek – The United States government through the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) reaffirms its commitment to fight against HIV/AIDS and remembers the millions of people who have died of AIDS. In Namibia, PEPFAR works closely with the Namibian government to advance the health of the Namibian people through HIV prevention, care, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 December, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Oshana, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Government, UNAIDS, World Aids Day
Okahandja – The Swearing-in Ceremony for 14 Peace Corps Volunteers took place on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Andreas Kukuri Conference Centre in Okahandja. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Honorable Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, delivered the keynote address to welcome Peace Corps’ Volunteers to Namibia. The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Ms. Jessica Long, the Executive ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 November, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Peace Corps Namibia, Peace Corps Volunteers, Swearing-in
Good morning, I am delighted that we are all gathered here today to witness and celebrate this important event, representing yet another milestone of the continued partnership between the United States and the Government of Namibia in the fight against COVID-19. The United States has committed over US$20 million – or more than N$350 million ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 November, 2022 | Topics: Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, COVID-19, Journalists, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, Website Launch
Good morning and welcome! Today, we are here to celebrate the launch of the MenStar strategy, a critical program focused on improving health outcomes for men, and just as importantly, helping men to be community leaders in fighting the HIV epidemic in Namibia. On behalf of the U.S. Government, I am proud to be here ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 November, 2022 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CDC Country Director, CDC Namibia, Dr. Brian Baker, HIV/AIDS, MenStar, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Good afternoon Advancing health security around the world is a key priority of the U.S. government. One of the ways we achieve this priority is through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened an office in Namibia in 2002. Twenty years later, in 2022, we ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 November, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: 20th Anniversary, CDC Namibia, Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Tree Planting, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Windhoek- On November 2, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention celebrated its 20th anniversary. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened its first office in Windhoek, Namibia in 2002, with subsequent satellite offices in Oshakati, Rundu, and Katima Mulilo. CDC is the United States’ public health agency. CDC works in the ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 November, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: 20th Anniversary, CDC Namibia, CDC Namibia Country Director, Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, Dr. Brian Baker, Executive Director Mr. Benetus Nangombe, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thank you for inviting me to this auspicious occasion. I want to thank the Office of the Prime Minister for its technical guidance and support for this initiative; Mr. Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services, for his leadership; Mr. Jeremia Nghipundjwa and Ms. Anna Isaacs for their day-to-day management ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 November, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS), Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), U.S. Chargé d’Affaires
Windhoek – The Ministry of Health and Social Services launched a new state-of-the-art human resource management system in the capital. The digital, web-based integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS) is in use in more than 20 countries worldwide to manage health workforces in order to improve access to health services. The iHRIS will reduce the ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 November, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, embassy, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Jessica Long, integrated Human Resources Information System (iHRIS), Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Windhoek – The U.S. Government has supported the Ministry of Health and Social Services in fighting COVID-19 since the virus arrived in Namibia. After two years of a prolonged battle against the pandemic, all COVID-19 related restrictions were removed in July 2022. However, the country needs to be prepared for a possible resurgence. In support ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 October, 2022 | Topics: embassy, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, PPE
Okambebe – HIV concentration in 90% of children living with the virus in Ohangwena Region is so low that a blood test cannot detect HIV anymore. This is the encouraging result of strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy and other support services provided by Project Hope’s Namibia Adherence and Retention Project (NARP). “Once HIV cannot be ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 October, 2022 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Congratulations Namibia! I am very proud to be here today because I was invited to speak when the new pediatric HIV medicine was introduced to Namibia just over a year ago, and I have closely watched the progress made since then. The child version of DTG (I understand that we call it “pediatric DTG”) was ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 14 September, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Antiretroviral Treatment (ART), CDC, Dolutegravir (DTG), HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Windhoek – Yesterday, the U.S. Government-funded DREAMS program and the Ministry of Health and Social Services launched new public awareness materials encouraging young women at risk of contracting HIV to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication (PrEP) to stay HIV-free. PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV from sex by 90%. HIV prevalence among Namibian adolescent girls and ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 19 May, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: DREAMS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, PEFFAR, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication (PrEP), United States of America
It is an honour to be with you today to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day. The focus of our partnership with the Namibian government remains on ‘Ending the HIV epidemic, working on Equitable access and Hearing everyone’s voice’ which is also the United States government’s theme for this year’s World AIDS Day. As President ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 1 December, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, Community Adherence Groups in Namibia, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, World Aids Day
Windhoek – At an event hosted at the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation today, the U.S. Embassy announced the donation by the United States government of 124,000 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s global efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccines arrived on October 22 following the ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 27 October, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Chargé d’Affaires Jess Long, COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Namibia, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, United States of America
Good morning. I am so pleased to be here for a second time, exactly one month later, to celebrate the arrival of the second consignment of U.S. Government donated Pfizer Bio-NTech vaccines. Today we are handing over 124,000 doses of the Pfizer Bio-NTech COVID-19 vaccine. This is in addition to the first consignment of 100,620 ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 27 October, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, Namibia, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, United States of America
Windhoek – The U.S. government has donated 70 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds worth more than N$700,000. The Ministry of Health and Social Services will distribute the beds to eight health facilities: Katutura, Rundu, Oshakati, and Onandjokwe Intermediate Hospitals, Gobabis, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, and Katima Mulilo hospitals. During the third COVID-19 wave, many health facilities did not ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 20 October, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: COVID-19, ICU beds, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Project C.U.R.E.
Windhoek – Today, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jess Long announced that the United States will contribute US$90.4 million in 2022 towards Namibia’s fight against AIDS through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). This is an increase from US$89 million contributed in 2021. The US$90.4 million will intensify the country’s efforts to reach epidemic control ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 6 October, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, Chargé d’Affaires Jess Long, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS), Namibia, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
Keeping Learners in School in Namibia: An Outbreak Investigation of COVID-19 in Schools Children across the world have missed out on months of schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Namibia, the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture (MoEAC) ended the second term early and introduced a winter break when a third wave of the COVID-19 ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 2 August, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases, Success Stories, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CDC, Center for Disease Control, COVID-19, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Windhoek – At a virtual ceremony today, the United States donated 176 tablet and 53 laptop computers, as well as 250 remote temperature monitoring devices and 2,000 terabytes in hard-drive capacity to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) to support the country’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. The electronic equipment will be used for data entry ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 22 July, 2021 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Acting USAID country representative, Chargé d’Affaires, COVID-19, Donation, Equipment, Jessica Long, Mark Anthony White, Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
