THE cholera outbreak that has so far been confined to the Ohangwena Region has now spread to Oshana too, regional Health Director Dr Naftali Hamata said yesterday.

Leading global health experts, policy-makers and parliamentarians are convening here to address the urgent need for faster progress in reducing maternal, newborn and child deaths to meet internationally-agreed targets.

By: Solomon T. Gaye

Most Namibians have better access to healthcare services, water supply and sanitation than most of their African counterparts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.

Health and agriculture ministry officials in Madagascar have asked two United Nations agencies for assistance as they fight a deadly outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic disease known as Rift Valley Fever (RVF).

An outbreak of cholera in Kibosho, Moshi Rural district yesterday claimed one life while an unspecified number of people were being treated in hospitals and health centres.

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The secretary general of Angola's Red Cross (CVA), Walter Quifíca, and Red Cross Germany delegate for Southern Africa, Hanna Schmuck, travelled to Ondjiva, southern Cunene province, to get acquainted with the execution of projects to benefit 6,500 HIV/AIDS patients.