Back in 2016, Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) West Itam in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria grappled with challenges ranging from inadequate staff to poor uptake of healthcare services due to an inadequate supply of medicines, healthcare personnel, and basic infrastructure. Mercy…
Between July 20 and August 7, the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in collaboration with the Division of Pharmaceutical Services (Div:PhSs) in the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in Namibia held a training on managing…
Lesotho and Namibia were announced recently as two of six African countries that have achieved HIV epidemic control. According to the findings, these two countries had high levels of viral suppression and retention in care, indicating effective treatment programs that reduce infection rates and…
Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) began implementing social distancing and quarantine requirements on March 27, 2020 to combat the COVID-19 epidemic.
To ensure availability of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) for people living with HIV/AIDS during the quarantine, the USAID…
When Mwile Simbeye began work as a pharmacist at Andara District Hospital in Namibia, there was no one to orient him to his new post. The previous pharmacy staff left a few months before he started and, consequently, Simbeye did not have the training to take advantage of the facility electronic…
In Namibia, hospital pharmacies play an essential role in ensuring HIV-positive patients have continuous access to lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. In addition to providing medicines to patients, many hospital pharmacies store ARVs for smaller neighboring clinics.
However, some hospital…
