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News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Namibia: Erongo Healthcare System Grapples With Resource Shortages

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202508290024.html

Published on: Thursday 28 August 2025

Healthcare workers in the Erongo region continue to face a lack of resources and severe understaffing. This was one of the key issues raised at a stakeholder engagement meeting on the state of ...

News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Namibia: Erongo Gets N$50m Neonatal Facility

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202606080627.html

Published on: Monday 08 June 2026

Swakopmund — The government has strengthened neonatal healthcare in the Erongo region by opening a modern Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Swakopmund District Hospital. The new facility is ...

News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Langer Heinrich Uranium donates a 4×4 off-road ambulance to the Erongo Health Directorate

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/langer-heinrich-uranium-donates-a-4-4-off-road-ambulance-to-the-erongo-health-directorate/ar-AA2761YY

Published on: Thursday 02 July 2026

Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) has officially handed over a fully equipped 4×4 off-road ambulance to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS). The handover ceremony on 23 June aims to enhance ...

News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Erongo Palliative Care Centre buys kitchen equipment from golfers’ donation

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/health/general/erongo-palliative-care-centre-buys-kitchen-equipment-from-golfers-donation/ar-AA26jhTY

Published on: Monday 22 June 2026

The newly established Erongo Palliative Care Centre, named House Johannesson, received a donation of kitchen equipment from the Swakopmund Sages Senior Golfers Society, recently. The Cancer ...

News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Namibia, China launch paired hospital cooperation mechanism

News channel or source: https://www.china.org.cn/world/2023-11/09/content_116804046.htm

Published on: Wednesday 08 November 2023

Wang Renyuan (2nd R), head of the Health Commission of China's Zhejiang Province, and Namibia's Chief Medical Officer of the Erongo Health Directorate Leonard Kabongo (2nd L), attend an unveiling ...

News Namibia » Erongo » Health: Mpox outbreak declared in Namibia …first case recorded in Swakopmund linked to cross-border travel

News channel or source: https://observer24.com.na/mpox-outbreak-declared-in-namibia-first-case-recorded-in-swakopmund-linked-to-cross-border-travel/

Published on: Thursday 15 October 2026

Namibia has confirmed its first mpox case, linked to recent cross-border travel within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) ...