Maria David DEPUTY Minister of Health and Social Services, Esther Muinjangue, said diabetes is one of the leading causes of death among Namibian people. This poses devastating health and socio-economic consequences for individuals, families, and communities, as well as threatening to overwhelm the healthcare system. Muinjangue made these remarks during the commemoration of World Diabetes...
Diabetes ist in Afrika und so auch in Namibia ein zunehmendes Problem; © Wavebreakmedia/iStock Etwa 90.000 Namibier leben mit Diabetes. Diese Zahl nannte Mary Nana Ama Branuto, amtierende Landesmanagerin der Weltgesundheitsorganisation WHO in Namibia. Die Krankheit sei ein zunehmendes Problem, vor allem auch in Afrika. Etwa 75 Prozent der Erkrankten leben in Entwicklungsländern, wo im...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Namibia faces a health challenge, with an estimated 90,000 people living with diabetes, as revealed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Officer in Charge, Mary Nana Ama Brantuo, during the commemoration of World Diabetes Day in Windhoek this week. “In Namibia, available statistics reveal that nearly seven percent of Namibian adults have diabetes,...
The number of people diagnosed with diabetes has almost doubled, from over 6,000 last year to 10,802 this year. However, these cases were only recorded at eight health facilities in the |Khomas Region, and the figures could be higher. The figures were presented at the commemoration of World Diabetes Day in Windhoek. The Ministry of...
Kyk na suikerheffing, bekamp diabetes Gesondheids-voorstanders doen ‘n beroep op die buurland se regering om die suikerheffing te heroorweeg as deel van pogings om die stygende voorkoms van diabetes te bekamp, aangesien dit die tweede grootste oorsaak van sterftes in Suid-Afrika is. Die stigtersdirekteur van die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad, Karen Hoffman, sê daar is ‘n...
The Ministry of Health and Social Services, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), commemorated World Diabetes Day on Tuesday at a ceremony held at Windhoek Central Hospital. World Diabetes Day is an annual event celebrated by the international community on 14 November to raise awareness of the growing burden of this disease and...
Jong mense kry al meer diabetes Die Internasionale Diabetes-federasie sê Suid-Afrika het die hoogste voorkoms van diabetes in Afrika, en die toestand vererger weens ‘n kommerwekkende toename in gevalle onder die jeug. Om die krisis aan te spreek, het Suid-Afrika se nasionale strategiese plan vir die voorkoming en beheer van nie-oordraagbare siektes die 90-60-50 teikens...
Cases of high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes are overwhelming Namibia, minister of health and social services Kalumbi Shangula says. During a State House visit with the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, Shangula yesterday said these lifestyle, non-communicable diseases are “another problem which is coming up”. The minister said communicable diseases...