Noncommunicable Diseases Among Main Killers in Namibia
Namibia Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, says that cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are more often the cause of attendance in outpatient services, and among in-patients in hospitals, hence they remain the leading causes of death.
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