Namibia: Decrease in Donor Funds Dents Health Delivery

9 December 2014

Windhoek — The decline in donor health funding over the past few years has impacted on Namibia's ability to deliver quality, effective and accessible health care services due to the sparsely distributed population, says President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

In a statement read on his behalf yesterday by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, Pohamba said the reduction in donor funding has affected the availability of qualified human resources, which results in a high disease burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases.

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