NAMIBIA / AIDS
Seventeen-year-old Sunday fromNamibiawas born with HIV. She learnt about her status when she was 13, and embarked on a journey to acceptance and newfound confidence. UNICEF
Seventeen-year-old Sunday fromNamibiawas born with HIV. She learnt about her status when she was 13, and embarked on a journey to acceptance and newfound confidence. UNICEF
Health extension workers in several African countries are helping bridge the gap between healthcare facilities and mobile communities, like Namibia's Ovahimba. UNICEF
Namibia recently launched a five-year National Agenda for Children with special emphasis on children with disabilities, to address situation where as many as half the children with disabilities receive no schooling. UNICEFÂ
A few sunny days offer some respite for citizens reeling from the impact of the worst floods in northern and central Namibia since 2008 and its heaviest recorded rains.More than 62 people have already drowned since January 2011 and 37,457 have been displaced. UNICEF
UNICEF supports a new campaign aimed at promoting the involvement of men in the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Namibia. Launching the campaign, Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba emphasized the vital role men play in caring for the well-being of their partners and children, saying the health of the whole country was [...]
Child welfare organizations in Namibia provide the funding needed for local foster families to care for some of the thousands of children left homeless by the country’s high-levels of unemployment, HIV infection and alcoholism. UNICEF
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and South African cricketer Paul Adams launches Kwata Cricket in Windhoek Namibia. The UNICEF / Cricket Namibia initiative works on the premise that sport and play are vital elements in the health and well-being of children and young people. UNICEF
The Namibian ministry on immigration sets up an office in a maternity ward at a hospital in the country’s capital Windhoek to make sure every child born gets a birth certificate. In Namibia, 80 percent of women deliver in the hospital, but only four out of every ten children have a birth certificate. UNICEF
A new report by UNICEF and WHO says that more than four million people in low and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008. This represents a 36 percent increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years. UNICEF