While Africa continues to face challenges around healthcare accessibility and cost, there are glimmers of hope on the digital horizon, explains Rodney Taylor, MD at Guardian Eye. Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to become home to one in three people by the end of the century with a rapidly growing population and some impressive economic growth...
September 20, 2024
Tag: healthcare
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NAMAF leads industry efforts to tackle healthcare funding sustainability
The Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (NAMAF) says the country’s healthcare funding industry is pulling together to address the sustainability concerns of the sector. This comes as in November 2023, NAMAF announced that the N$5 billion medical aid funding industry is under financial pressure with utilisation as the root cause. “NAMAF has put in place...
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Unequal distribution of healthcare facilities raises concerns in Namibia – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja In a recent report by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), it has been highlighted that access to healthcare in Namibia is unevenly distributed across the country, with only three regions boasting sufficient healthcare facilities. According to the report, the Country Review Mission (CRM) delved into various aspects, shedding light on disparities in...
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Namibia’s healthcare budget allocation; in sickness and in health? For better or for worse?
As Namibia unveiled its budget allocation for the Ministry of Health in the fiscal year 2024/25, many took to social media to express their excitement at the prospect of a progressive healthcare system. Like the fresh aroma of a new marriage, It presumably heralds a significant step forward in prioritizing public health and social services,...
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Rosatom presented advanced healthcare technologies – Namibia Daily News
At the Future Technologies Forum, which took place on February 13-14, Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, presented the medical achievements of the nuclear industry: equipment for growing new blood vessels, bioimplants, new possibilities for radiopharmaceuticals and quantum computing. Rosatom stand demonstrated additive technologies, which are extremely effective in situations where the treatment of a patient...
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Urgent Call to Address Mental Healthcare
MOST OF US will remember the scourge of the Covid-19 pandemic that left us reeling from its pervasive social and economic impacts. While we were trying to make sense of social distancing, isolation and quarantine, we were introduced to an understanding of what our fears and worries actually meant. Concepts relating to and describing mental...
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Health ministry urged to embrace Kenyan model for enhanced maternal healthcare – Windhoek Observer
Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Standing Committee on Health, Social Welfare and Labour Affairs has recommended to the National Council that the Ministry of Health and Social Services should benchmark and adopt Kenya’s Linda Mama maternal healthcare model. This suggestion comes after a comprehensive study visit to the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya, where the committee...
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre Holds Firm as Global and Regional Healthcare Leader
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre – Riyadh King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre – Riyadh RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) has once again secured its position for the second consecutive year as a global leader in healthcare and number one...
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Doctors face financial strain amid changing healthcare system
Namibian doctors have revealed the challenges they’re grappling with due to changes in the country’s healthcare system. David Weber, the chairman of the Medical Association of Namibia (MAN), says there is a growing gap between fair compensation and what regulatory bodies consider reasonable and healthcare professionals face daily struggles. “The relationship between doctors and the...
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Residents hope Katutura hospital’s N$40m upgrades will improve healthcare
The ongoing renovations of the Katutura Intermediate Hospital has brought a mix of relief and hope, as patients hope that the days of bad services and the presence of cockroaches will soon be a thing of the past. The state hospital which was built over 50 years ago has received N$40 million from the government...