Namibia
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After devastating floods, Namibians fight cholera and wait for a return to normalcy
ENGELA and OSHIKANGO, Namibia, 16 April 2008 – Since February, floodwaters have inundated thousands of square kilometres of rural north-central Namibia. According to the Namibian Government, over 71,000 people have been affected by the floods.
Requesting aid for those who have been displaced by floodwaters in Namibia
ONGWEDIVA, Namibia, 7 April 2008 – Meme Selma, a 65-year-old farmer and mother of seven, is one of about 4,000 people who have been forced from their homes by floods over the last two months.
First-ever synchronized polio campaign between Namibia, Angola and DR Congo
ONDANGWA, Namibia, 28 June 2007 – When the gates at the border crossing on the Angola-Namibia border open, it's more than trade that can go rushing through. Polio and other diseases need no passports.
Namibian Digital Diarist talks to other young people about AIDS
NEW YORK, USA, 17 January 2007 – In her latest Digital Diary, UNICEF Radio youth reporter Livey Van Wyk, 21, takes her recording equipment into the streets and youth centres of her community outside Windhoek, Namibia. She asks young people to talk to her about their country’s future and their thoughts about HIV/AIDS.
Two successful rounds of vaccination protect Namibia from polio
WINDHOEK, CAPRIVI AND OMAHEKE REGIONS, Namibia, 7 August 2006 – With all the many thousands of pieces of Namibia’s emergency polio campaign melding together, the final picture emerging from the effort is that of a finely tuned mosaic of success.
Livey’s Digital Diary: Living with HIV in Namibia
NEW YORK, USA, 6 July 2006 – Livey Van Wyk is 21 years old and living with HIV in Katutura, Namibia. In her home community, she has experienced stigma and discrimination because of her HIV status.
Nationwide polio immunization drive under way after recent outbreak in Namibia
KATUTURA TOWNSHIP, Namibia, 22 June 2006 – It was 4 p.m. at Okuryangava Health Clinic in Katutura Township, a community on the outer edge of the capital city of Windhoek, and the nursing sister leading the polio immunization team had the dazed, weary and yet immensely satisfied look of someone who had just won an extremely hard race.
UNICEF responds as polio outbreak in Namibia claims more victims
NEW YORK, USA, 7 June 2006 – After a 10-year absence, Namibia has witnessed a sudden reappearance of polio, with 34 suspected cases and 7 deaths recorded so far. The recent outbreak of wild poliovirus has been confirmed in 5 of the country’s 13 regions, but most cases have occurred in and around the capital, Windhoek.
After-school programme opens a ‘Window of Hope’ for children dealing with HIV/AIDS
OKALONGO, Namibia, 7 March 2006 – Eleven-year-old Fenni is one of 27 students at the Okalongo Primary School in northern Namibia participating in a new and unique after-school programme called Window of Hope.
Namibia: HIV/AIDS – A young person fights back
Livey Van Wyk, 20, is from Windhoek in Namibia. She has been living with HIV since the age of 16. The birth of her son inspired Livey to seek counselling and support and to speak out about her HIV status. Now Livey has trained to be a peer educator and works with young people. She explained to UNICEF that her goal is to reduce the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS and to warn others about the dangers. This is her story.
Extreme flooding causes grave danger
Katimo Mulilo, Caprivi Region, Namibia, Tuesday, 27 April - Namibian officials are caught in a desperate bid to try and save thousands of cattle from near-certain death as the flooded Zambezi River closes in on them, threatening an outbreak of cholera, dysentery and malaria in one of the country’s most populated areas.
When the floods subside, another crisis continues
CAPRIVI, Namibia, 3 May 2004 —The spotlight of international attention shone briefly on Namibia this week when the Zambezi River flooded, displacing thousands of children, women and men from their homes, killing hundreds of cattle and ruining acres of crops. But there is another crisis in the region, far more damaging than the flood disaster—the spread of HIV/AIDS, which in Namibia has left tens of thousands of children without parents.
