The CARe (Capacity Building in Applied Public Health Research in GHPP partner countries) project will soon hold its last in-person workshop. The workshop is part of an on-the-job training programme in applied public health research, which has been running since October 2023. Twenty-seven public health specialists from the African…
The workshop, lasting from 7 to 11 October 2024, took place in Berlin and was also transmitted online. The event was organised by the Namibia-RKI Twinning Project (TwiNit 2) and supported by nearly 20 speakers from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control…
In April 2024, the third national stakeholder meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was held in Windhoek. It was organised in collaboration between the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR), the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), and…
The Namibian EMT is an established unit at the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), which nominated six experts to join this exercise. This included four doctors, a nurse, and a pharmacist. The participation of the Namibian EMT in this exercise was embedded within the Johanniter EMT. This is…
The TwiNit 2 project is part of the Global Health Protection Program (GHPP). The work package 6 of the project aims to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to promote infection prevention and control (IPC). In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), the Namibia Institute of…
The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and Robert Koch Institute (RKI) have maintained a close and trusting cooperation since the successful start of the Namibia-RKI Twinning Project (TwiNit) in 2020. Further project partners are the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) and the University of Namibia (UNAM).
The visit of the Namibian delegation in autumn 2023 aimed at further consolidating and strengthening the partnership between the Namibian Ministry of Health & Social Services (MoHSS) and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The five-member delegation from Namibia was led by Deputy Minister Dr Esther Muinjangue…
The CARe (Capacity Building in Applied Public Health Research in GHPP partner countries) project kicked-off its on-the-job training programme in Applied Public Health Research with a face-to-face workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, from 30 October to 3 November 2023. Twenty-eight public health specialists from the African region participated in the…
Context Namibia faces a number of public health challenges that threaten the health security of the country. Public health systems need to be able to respond to various, often simultaneously occurring health threats and emergencies. To function well, a single focal point that coordinates the public health activities of…