Windhoek — The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Richard Kamwi says HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) remains major public health challenges threatening social and economic development efforts.
He noted that the trend remains the same for all SADC member states. "Although progress has been made to date, several challenges still persist," noted Kamwi. According to the National Sentinel Survey report of 2010, HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Namibia was down to 18.8 percent compared to 22 percent, the highest peak during 2002.
Speaking during the Voluntary Services Overseas-Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (VSO-RAISA) care givers conference held recently in the capital, he acknowledged that Namibia had received tremendous support since independence in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
VSO-RAISA is the world's leading international development organisation in Africa, where HIV and AIDS are widespread and have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of people, and its work supporting children has become a strong feature. By the end of 2007, 15 million children had been orphaned by HIV and AIDS worldwide (source: UNAIDS). Children as young as 10 years old are often left to care for younger siblings or must become the family's main income earners, missing out on the chance to go to school and to learn skills that will help them build a successful and healthy future.
VSO-RAISA offers these children support and therapy to address the impact of HIV and AIDS on their lives, and volunteers are working with agencies that run community schools (non-formal education) to ensure these children who work or have to care for other members of their family are still able to get an education.
"Government efforts had persistently been supported by our most valued development partners, the United Nations agencies and during 2003 the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund came on board. But I want to say, we have had some unsung heroes and heroines in our fight against HIV and AIDS," said the health minister.
Among them, the VSO volunteers who are part of a regional AIDS programme called the VSO-RAISA. He said VSO volunteers played and continue to play a vital role, both in the health and education sectors. New Era learned that some of these VSO volunteers have since taken full time jobs with some line ministries.
VSO-RAISA is active in Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. The programme seeks to strengthen the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa by joining forces with government institutions and civil society organisations to provide effective prevention, treatment, care and advocacy support for people affected by HIV and AIDS, and to mitigate the personal, social and economic impact of the pandemic.
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As far as Drugs and Vaccinations are concerned, science has already proven they are dangerous to your good health and most of the AIDS drugs do as much harm as AIDS, which some scientist have already admitted.
In the Monday May 11, 1987 London Times article, Science Editor Pearce Write’s headlines were, “Smallpox Vaccine “Triggered AIDS Virus” and the WHO was giving the medical injections.
Dr. William Campbell Douglas, M.D., wrote a paper titled, “WHO Murdered Africa” and suggested WHO was not a question, but the World Health Organization was responsible for AIDS in Africa.
Robert B. Strecker M.D, PhD and his brother, Attorney Theodore Strecker, presented the documented facts on the Request, Production and Distribution AIDS and presented WHO documents suggesting their possible involvement in the intentional spread of AIDS in Africa, in a DVD titled, “The Strecker Memorandum” and a document complete with references presented to every U.S. Government Agency titled, “This Is A Bio-Attack Alert, dated March 28, 1986.
Additional scientific evidence of the creation and intentional spread of AIDS was given by Dr. John Seale, a member of the Royal College of Medicine in London and an in depth description of Dr. Seale’s documented evidence on the creation of AIDS was written by Dr. Gary L. Glum in a book titled, “Full Disclosure”.
So the WHO or U.S. Government supporting drugs, which in many cases is equally as harmful as the AIDS virus, should not be surprising.
Science has proven over a century ago, drugs and vaccines, even aspirin, is harmful to the human body.
It should also be noted, the natural remedies which have been proven by science to be effective against AIDS are suppressed, because the Herbs and Raw Diets cost pennies on the dollar and cannot be patented by drug companies.
Ref: 1. Politics in Healing: The Suppression and Manipulation of American Medicine by Daniel Haley 2. The Persecution and trial of Gaston Naessens: The True Story of The Efforts to Suppress an Alternative Treatment for Cancer, AIDS and Other Immunologically Based Diseases, by Christopher Bird. 3. DVD, The Strecker Memorandum, Robert B. Strecker MD, PhD. 4. Olive Leaf Extract, by Morton Walker. 5. Smallpox Vaccine “Triggered AIDS Virus”, Pearce Wright, Science Editor, London Times, Monday May 11, 1987 6. WHO Murdered Africa, by William Campbell Douglas, M.D. There is no question mark after the title of this article because the title is not a question. 7. DVD, VACCINES, What CDC Documents and Science Reveal, by Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny 8. This Is A Bio-Attack Alert, by Robert B Strecker MD, PhD, Attorney Theodore A Strecker, written March 28, 1986 and submitted to every U.S. Government Agency. 9. “Full Disclosure”, by Dr. Gary L Glum (AIDS Evidence of Dr. John Seale 10. Nutrition Against Disease, Roger J. Williams 11. Racketeering in Medicine, The Suppression of Alternatives, James P. Carter, M.D., Dr.P.H 12. DVD, Cancer The Forbidden Cures, Massimo Mazzucco 13. DVD, Dying To Have Known, The Evidence Behind Natural Healing, Steve Kroschel 14. Murder By Injection: The Story of The Medical Conspiracy Against America, by Eustace Mullins 15. The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy: How The New World Order, Man-Made Diseases and Zombie Banks Are Destroying America, by Jim Marrs 16. The Great Bird Flu Hoax: The Truth They Don’t Want You To Know About the “Next Big Pandemic”, by Dr. Joseph Mercola