It is almost
impossible to believe that in the modern publishing industry, a book can still
start with a hand-written manuscript but that is exactly how one of Namibia?s
most popular books on health and the treatment of disease has come into
existence.Almost ten years ago, Namibian nursing icon, Annchen Parkhouse started
making preliminary notes for an intended manual on [...]

In an attempt to speed up GDP
growth, the government identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a crucial
element in Namibia?s development. With initiatives like manufacturing tax
breaks, training incentives, the creation of the Export Processing Zone and the
establishment of the Development Bank of Namibia, the Namibian government has
made every effort to attract FDI to Namibia.?Yet an uncertainty [...]

HK Financial Advisory
Services, established in 1998, is ?a one-stop house for all your financial
security,? boasts MD Rolf BaerensTheir core business is in short-term assurance
but the services offered include life assurance, asset management, risk
management, corporate financing, wealth creation and a medical plan, to bring
?affordable health products and solutions to people.?HK’s ?Diamond Plan? is a
primary health care [...]

At the annual Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
summit held in Mauritius, recently, reports were tabled, showing that the region
has made considerable progress in reducing the health and cost burden of
malaria. Malaria is responsible for one million deaths a year, 90 percent of
them in sub-Saharan Africa where its most dangerous form is found and its
mortality rate [...]

With Africa facing the combined threats of HIV/AIDS,
hunger and preventable diseases, the two million Red Cross and Red Crescent
societies are reported to be providing an unrivalled network to address these
urgent challenges. The Pan African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies was held in Algiers, Algeria this week.The conference, the most
important gathering for what is [...]

Corporates worldwide are increasingly moving away from
traditional insurance products towards more strategic risk management through
self-insurance programmes – the so-called Alternative Risk Transfer (ART)
structures.Insurance companies offer the insured significant material
advantages, including cost reduction, increased re-insurance capacity, improved
attitudes to risk management, and cover for certain risks which would otherwise
be un-insurable. However, because of the considerable costs associated [...]

The
Plight of a Tramp is a play written and directed by local playwright Kubbe
Rispel and can be seen at the Warehouse Theatre from 8 to 9 October. This play
is a story of hopeless people who don?t have a vision in life.The Plight of a
Tramp was written during a period when the playwright was experiencing deep
physical [...]

Thousands of
lives and billions of dollars could be saved every year if a fraction of the
funds pumped into major headline grabbing disasters were spent on minimising the
effects of natural and human-caused hazards such as floods, drought, cyclones
and others on vulnerable people the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies said last week on the [...]

Minister of Health and
Social Services Dr Libertine Amadhila recently opened a community-based project
in Katima Mulilo for HIV/AIDS sufferers. Conservative estimates put the
infection rate in the Caprivi Region at around 40% of the total population. The
project is called Mapilelo, which means ?Place of Survival?.The Mapilelo Project
addresses PMTCT (Prevention of mother to child transmission), HAART (High
Attention Anti-retroviral [...]

Despite making some
strides in its developmental efforts, Namibia is facing many challenges in the
fight against poverty, hunger, inequality and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.Prime
Minister Theo Ben Gurirab, in his foreword to the Namibia 2004 Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) report released in Windhoek this week, says the single
greatest challenge in meeting the MDGs in Namibia was to win the [...]