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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Healthcare

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Health professionals need to collaborate. Changing how they’re taught helps build that skill

It’s crucial that medical professionals learn to collaborate. Katleho Seisa Gérard Charl Filies, University of the Western Cape and Luzaan Africa, University of the Western Cape When health professionals collaborate rather than operating in silos, everyone benefits – patients, families and the health system at large. This is a fact supported by ample research evidence. The professionals reap the benefits, too: staff satisfaction and retention are improved through collaboration. But […]

todayMarch 26, 2024 22

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Medical science has made great strides in fighting TB, but reducing poverty is the best way to end this disease

      By Tom Nyirenda, Stellenbosch University   Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis. Even though the disease is both preventable and curable, it kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Over 25% of these deaths occur in African countries. The World Health Organization has developed a strategy to reduce TB deaths by 95% by 2035. It’s a monumental task. […]

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America Worries About Health Costs — And Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans

(ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS) By Julie Appleby and Phil Galewitz via KFF Health News President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare. But around America’s kitchen tables, those are hardly the only health topics voters want to hear about in the 2024 campaigns. A new KFF tracking poll shows that health care […]

todayMarch 5, 2024 21

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Palliative Care and the importance thereof in LMI countries especially.

Why is investment in Palliative Care important; and why is Palliative Care Namibia so critical for CAN and Namibia? Most people (doctors included) speak of providing "Palliative Care", but in actual fact they are referring only to "step-down" or "end of life" or "palliation medication" care. Hospice Care is NOT Palliative Care, but hospice care is one of the components of palliative care. Palliative Care is in fact the entire […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024 67

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The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America

Jennifer Chin, an OB-GYN at UW Medicine in Seattle, has treated patients turned away by Catholic hospitals. “We had many instances where people would have to get in their car to drive to us while they were bleeding, or patients who had had their water bags broken for up to five days or even up to a week,” Chin says. (DAN DELONG FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS) By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht via KFF […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 15

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GoFundMe Has Become a Health Care Utility

In its early years, GoFundMe funded honeymoon trips, graduation gifts, and church missions to overseas hospitals in need. Now it has become a go-to platform for patients trying to escape medical billing nightmares. (ERIC HARKLEROAD/KFF HEALTH NEWS) By Elisabeth Rosenthal via KFF Health News GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting “ideas and dreams,” and, as GoFundMe’s co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, “for life’s important moments.” […]

todayFebruary 13, 2024 14

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Katutura Intermediate State Hospital Faces Criticism for Inhumane Conditions; Activist Urges Private Healthcare Alternatives

The Katutura Intermediate State Hospital is under scrutiny for allegedly accommodating patients in inhumane conditions, as highlighted by activist Michael Amushelelo. Amushelelo insists that patients should be housed in private healthcare facilities instead of the current situation. Lukas Kondo from the Katutura Intermediate State Hospital responds to the criticism.  

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “Renovation Update: Katutura Intermediate State Hospital’s Lukas Kondo Shares Insights on Current Transformations

In an effort to improve healthcare facilities and services, Katutura Intermediate State Hospital is currently undergoing a comprehensive renovation, as announced by Lukas Kondo, the Customer Care Officer for the hospital. The renovation, initiated by BCODIA, aims to enhance the overall infrastructure of the hospital for the benefit of the community. Kondo took a moment to address the nation and provide essential details about the ongoing process. Temporary Relocation for […]

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