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Windhoek Central Hospital is a public hospital in Windhoek, Namibia. Together with the Katutura State Hospital , it is one of two State Hospitals in the city. [ 1 ] The hospital was commissioned in 1982, and opened in 1984.
Katutura State Hospital is a hospital in Katutura, a black township of Windhoek, Namibia. Together with the Windhoek Central Hospital, it is one of two State Hospitals in the Windhoek area, [1] and Namibia's only general referral hospital. [2] In November 2008, the hospital installed a new solar water heating system as part of a major ...
Her main work offices are in Windhoek, the country's capital city, where she also lives. As part of her community service, Luvindao worked in northern Namibia where she observed first hand the long distances that patients travel to access medical care. She is a vocal advocate for equitable medical care for poor and marginalised communities. [1]
The Roman Catholic Hospital is a private [citation needed] hospital in Windhoek, Namibia run by the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1907 by the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing, the Roman Catholic Hospital had 87 beds in 2007. [1] [2] [3]
Under 5 infant mortality (U5IM) rate has decreased in Namibia from 280/1000 live births in 1950 to 46,7/1000 live births in 2015 and ranks number 52 in the world. [ 17 ] [ page needed ] Namibia does have a low level of U5IM compared to other sub-Saharan countries as the regional level was 84/1000 live births in 2015.
Namibia had already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264, in the late 1960s. [2] Windhoek, Namibia to Johannesburg, South Africa Before 1992: 011 xxx xxxx After 1992: 00 27 11 xxx xxxx [3] Johannesburg, South Africa to Windhoek, Namibia Before 1992: 061 xxx xxx After 1992: 09 264 61 xxx xxx [4]
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Access to adequate education and healthcare is another challenge faced by the indigenous of Namibia. Since the constitution in 1990, the healthcare rates for tribes such as the San have decreased. Their literacy rate is 23% which is significantly lower than that of the rest of the nation who have an average rate of 66%. [ 31 ]