On 05 September 2019, U.S. Ambassador Lisa Johnson together with USAID Southern Africa Regional Mission Director, John Groarke, and USAID Country Representative Dr. Randy Kolstad visited Onkani Village in Namibia’s Omusati Region to celebrate the establishment of more than 300 Community Adherence Groups (CAGs) with over 3,200 members that receive their HIV medication (ARV) at their communities instead of having to individually collect them at a health facility.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over warehouse equipment valued at N$500,000 to the Multi-Regional Medical Depots of Oshakati and Rundu on 25 July 2019. Each warehouse received half of the equipment consisting of items such as semi-electric stackers, heavy-duty mobile platforms, and safety gear.
The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Country Representative, Dr. Randy Kolstad, handed over a 4x4-vehicle and cartridges for a GeneXpert TB diagnostic machine to use for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, to the Ministry of Health and Social Services at Tsumkwe, Otjozondjupa Region, on 17 July 2019. Over the past five years, one of the partners supporting Namibia’s TB response with funding from the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through USAID has been the KNCV Challenge TB project.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) together with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) have circumcised 150,000 male Namibians since 2009. This milestone was celebrated in Windhoek on 20 June 2019.
As part of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) together with the Namibian Government launched the DREAMS STEM Educational Empowerment Program for 16 schools in the Oshikoto Region at Hans Daniel Namuhuja Secondary School on 05 June 2019.
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Last updated: September 13, 2019
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