CDC-Namibia

25/11/2015

25/11/2015

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All Roads lead to //Karas Region in Namibia for World AIDS Day 2015. From November 9th through the 14th CDC-Namibia supported the Ministry of Health and Soci...

12/05/2015

Thanks to all the brave young Namibians who came out to get circumcised! You are all heroes for protecting yourself and your community against HIV!

07/04/2015

The U.S. Embassy's educational advising program at the American Cultural Center belongs to the EducationUSA network of educational advising centers supported by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

10/03/2015

After months of planning, extensive research to identify a unique target group, and a successful submission to The United States (U.S) President's Emergency ...

10/03/2015

The African Health Profession Regulatory Collaborative for Nurses and Midwives (ARC) Conference focuses on scaling up nurse initiated and managed antiretrovi...

10/03/2015

Thank you Dr. Richard Kamwi for your 15 years of service as the Minister of Health and Social Services in Namibia, the longest standing Minister of Health in all of Africa!

02/03/2015

Ambassador Thomas Daughton conducted an outreach visit to the Omaheke Regional Study and Resource Centre (RSRC) in Gobabis February 17. He enjoyed a tour of the mobile library and center funded through a partnership between Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account-Namibia (MCA-N). Ambassador Daughton concluded his visit by meeting dignitaries, senior officials and librarians during a small reception at the RSRC.

30/01/2015

Great to see Girls as the Focus!

The global HIV/AIDS response is a shared responsibility. In addition to working with partner governments in the 65 countries with bilateral and regional programs, PEPFAR builds strategic public-private partnerships to maximize the U.S. government’s investment. With over 80 percent of new HIV infecti…

30/01/2015

Namibia has an antenatal prevalence of nearly 18% & over 10,000 children have initiated ART, read about how a cartoon book helped health care workers working with children on HIV disclosure. http://ow.ly/Ic3Pq

Background: Despite known benefits, only a small proportion of HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa know their status and limited disclosure...

29/01/2015

Staff from CDC’s Division of Global HIV/AIDS (DGHA) are courageously fighting Ebola in affected countries as well as supporting the CDC Atlanta-based Emergency Operations Center which serves as the agency's command center for the outbreak. Below are stories from our staff who have volunteered to hel…

29/01/2015

CDC-Namibia is working to set up Project ECHO in Namibia. Using videoconferencing, Project ECHO pairs local clinicians with experts from the University of Washington, University of New Mexico, and the Elizabeth Glazier Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Washington, D. C. The practice builds the capacity of Namibia’s health workforce. In a vast and sparsely populated country like Namibia this will result in better healthcare and more lives saved. http://ow.ly/I8GSY

Project ECHO is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity...