Taneta Investment is a women-owned, Namibian small business established in 2015 that has created a niche as a pioneer in the production and transformation of local Marula oil into luxurious cosmetic oil. Taneta partners with local rural women to obtain kernels of the Marula fruit and combines traditional knowledge with modern technology to cold-press the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 22 September, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Sections & Offices, Success Stories, Trade, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: Export Marula Oil, Marula Oil, Namibia, Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub (SATIH), Taneta, United States of America, USAID, USAID TradeHub
Outapi – Over the past seven years, the U.S. Government has supported close to 60,000 Namibian orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) affected by HIV with services to live healthy, safe lives, and to stay in school. On May 27 in a ceremony at Outapi in the Omusati region, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 3 June, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: ART Clinic, HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Omusati, Outapi, USAID
Windhoek –The U.S. Government has donated laboratory equipment to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services in its ongoing efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The high-tech equipment, valued at US$422,000 (approx.N$6.2mil), consists of 30 centrifuges, 15 vortex mixers, 12 biosafety cabinets, 10 refrigerators and 10 freezers. The equipment will be distributed throughout Namibia ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 April, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: CDC, COVID-19, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia, Namibia Institute of Pathology, United States, USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation’s Inclusive Development Hub (DDI/ID) is inviting all interested USAID Missions to apply for FY20 Disability Funding to support programming in the area of Employment and Economic Empowerment (EEE). Approximately $7 million is available for this Mission-wide, competitive program (subject to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 25 February, 2021 | Topics: News, U.S. & Namibia, U.S. Agencies, USAID | Tags: FY 2020 Disability Funding, Partnership Opportunities, USAID
U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks on The Milestone of the 50th Health Facility Equipped With The Facility Electronic Stock Card (FESC), Okatana Health Center, Oshakati District, Oshana Region Good morning! It is a real pleasure for me this morning to be able to join the leadership of Oshana region in unveiling the electronic stock card ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 13 July, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. & Namibia | Tags: Ministry of Health and Social Services, USAID
Windhoek- U.S. Ambassador Thomas Daughton traveled to the Kavango East region to join mothers and their babies celebrating the achievement of preventing HIV transmission from mother-to-child thanks to the Ministry of Health and Social Services’ Early Infant Diagnosis program (EID). The EID program implements early postnatal HIV testing of children as early as 48 hours ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 May, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CDC Namibia, USAID
U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton remarks at the Early Infant Diagnosis Milestone, Nyangana Hospital, Nyangana District, Kavango Region, May 11, 2017 It is a pleasure to be here with you at Nyangana Hospital to celebrate your achievements in preventing HIV transmission from mothers to their children. And I am proud and honored that the United States government ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 11 May, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: HIV/AIDS, Nyangana Hospital, USAID
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton Launch of Project ECHO Directorate of Special Programs, MOHSS, Windhoek October 17, 2016 Good Afternoon. I am delighted to be here with you to witness the launch of the continuation phase of Project ECHO, which stands for Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes. Project ECHO is a unique tele-health platform and the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 17 October, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Government Offices, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Ministry of Health and Social Services, PEPFAR, Project ECHO, Speech, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Daughton, USAID
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Thomas F. Daughton 20th HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign at NUST Namibia University for Science and Technology Good morning! It is a real pleasure for me to be here today to join you for the 20th HIV/AIDS Awareness Campaign. The Namibia University of Science and Technology is at the forefront of shaping the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Windhoek | 15 September, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, Health Issues, PEPFAR, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CDC, Circumcision, HIV/AIDS, University of Science and Technology, USAID
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
