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Politics of Namibia. The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services was established at Namibian independence in 1990. The first Namibian health and social services minister was Nickey Iyambo. The current minister is Kalumbi Shangula, former chief of medical services at the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN). [1]
Etilyasa, Omusati Region. Political party. SWAPO. Spouse. Elizabeth Hinananye Shangula. Profession. Medical doctor, Politician. Kalumbi Shangula (born 8 August 1948) is a Namibian doctor and politician from the SWAPO Party. He has been minister of Health and Social Services since 19 December 2018.
The government of Namibia consists of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches. The Cabinet is the executive organ of government, implementing the laws of the country. It consists of the president, the prime minister and his deputy, as well as the ministers of the Cabinet of Namibia. The legislative organs of government are the ...
Bernard Haufiku. Bernard Shidute Haufiku is a Namibian medical doctor and politician. He served as Minister of Health and Social Services from 2015 to 2018. [1] During his tenure as minister, Haufiku voiced views against corruption [2] and in favour of legalising abortion. [3]
In addition, she is the first woman to lead a political party in Namibia, and the country's first female presidential candidate. [1] She was appointed as the country's deputy minister of health and social services in March 2020 by Namibian President Hage Geingob. She has for a long time been advocating for social workers’ role in many aspects ...
Namibia is an upper-middle-income country. [2] It has a dual system of public (serving 83% of the population) and private (17%) health care providers. [3] In the financial year 2020, Government and private health expenditure combined accounted for 8.9% of the country's Gross Domestic Product, [4] compared to the world average of the 10% of GDP ...
The Department of Health and Senior Services is responsible for managing and promoting all public health programs to improve life and wellness for Missourians. [1] They are responsible for maintaining programs to control and prevent disease; regulation and licensure of health and child care facilities; and programs designed to create safeguards and health resources for seniors and the state's ...
As Delta-8, Delta-9 and other manufactured hemp products become more popular, the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services has issued an advisory urging residents to avoid them ...