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Current Feed ContentNAMIBIA: Strategies to keep patients on ARVsJOHANNESBURG Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (IRIN) - Just over 50 percent of HIV-positive Namibians thought to be in need of life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) treatment are accessing the drugs, but the country is struggling to keep track of patients. Namibia is one of the least densely populated countries in the world. With a population of just two million scattered across an area more than four times the size of the United Kingdom, delivering life-long ARV treatment to some of its more...NAMIBIA: New report reveals hidden povertyJOHANNESBURG Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - A Namibian government report has revealed that three times as many people as previously thought are living in severe poverty. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) found that nearly a third of Namibia's 1.8 million people lived on US$1 a day or less, but noted a sharp rise in households classified as "severely poor", or living on less than N$185 (US$19) per month. The shift has been attributed to a change in research methodology now...White Zimbabwe farmers win legal rulingA southern African regional court has ruled in favour of more than 70 white farmers who faced expropriation under Zimbabwe's land reform programme. In a landmark ruling, the court, which sits in Namibia, ruled President Robert Mugabe's reforms were discriminatory.NAMIBIA: Government steps up birth registrationsJOHANNESBURG Monday, September 22, 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Namibian children may be deprived of social service benefits, but a new government initiative launched at one of the country’s busiest hospitals hopes to change all that. Department of Home Affairs and Immigration officials have been deployed to an on-site office at Katutura State Hospital in the capital of Windhoek to streamline and improve access to birth certificates, documents that previously would have...NAMIBIA: Bonita Nakanyala: "There is no way I will disclose my client's status to them."OTJIVERO Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - Bonita Nakanyala is the head nurse at a small clinic in Otjivero, a village hemmed in by farmland about 150km east of Windhoek, the Namibian capital. Nakanyala spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about the tensions between the area's predominantly white farmers and her predominantly black clients. "The farmers around us here, there are only few that are very nice. There is one who helps the people; sometimes he brings food, slaughtering kudu and then bringing...NAMIBIA: Small town, BIG grantOTJIVERO Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - There are no roads, no major industry and no historical landmarks in Otjivero, a village about 150km east of Windhoek, the Namibian capital and previously known for little more than its poverty. But in January 2008 it became part of one of the world's first basic income grant (BIG) projects, and now stands the chance of setting an international precedent in the fight against poverty. About 1,000 villagers have been receiving a BIG of N$100 (US$10)...NAMIBIA: Bought and sold on the borderOSHIKANGO Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Beer, batteries and sex – everything’s a commodity on the border. For many, the town of Oshikango on the Namibia-Angola border, is a way station. For those who grow up there, it’s a home with little in the way of things to do, places to go and future opportunities - making economics, boredom and alcohol a dangerous mix in Namibia’s north. Oshikango, in northern Namibia's Ohangwena region, lies on a major trucking route from the Namibian capital of...Namibia is one of the top most child friendly governments on the African continent in African rqanking of child friendly governmentsNamibia is one of the top most child friendly governments on the African continent, the Africa Report on Child Well-being has said.The report, the first-ever ranking of African governments’ child friendliness ranks Namibia as the second most child friendly country after Mauritius out of 52 countries on the continent.The Big Question: Is it right to sell ivory, or does it just encourage the poaching of elephants?The first officially sanctioned auction of raw ivory since 1999 kicked off in Namibia yesterday and made $1.2m (£770,000) from a commodity that it is normally illegal to sell.NAMIBIA: Too much rain is as bad as too littleFloodwater caused by heavy rains in Namibia's northern and northeastern regions has brought an outbreak of cholera, and is also being blamed for a lower than expected cereal harvest for 2008. The Namibian government declared a state of emergency on 5 March, while the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in its situation report on 13 March that conditions in the affected regions were "worsening": 72 cases of suspected cholera have been reported, of which 4 were confirmed and one was fatal. Cholera... |
