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SMS Of The Day * MINISTRY of Gender and Child Welfare, TEARS are rolling down as I write this SMS. The killing of women in Namibia is now like reciting a poem. Are we really getting the protection we deserve while women not being treated as part of this c
Food For Thought * SO the Zimbabwe elections were free and peaceful and not free and fair?
Bouquets And Brickbats * NURSES at Katutura Hospital must stop wearing those big plastic sandals at work because they are not the official working shoes. We want to see you looking smart and beautiful with your full uniform.
SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam
Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r
Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p
SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha
Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in
Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a
SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for
Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont
Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf

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NEWS - NAMIBIA | 2013-08-07

Kamwi commends pharmacists

Nomhle Kangootui

LACK OF PHARMACISTS ... The health infrastructure including phar- macy departments in public health institutions like hospitals and clinics needs serious attention, the Minister of Health Richard Kamwi has said.

Photograph by Henry Van Rooi

THE Minister of Health Richard Kamwi has commended Namibian pharmacists for their positive contribution to the country’s health sector in the face of financial and other constraints.

Kamwi, who was speaking during the 2013 National Pharmacists’ Forum in Windhoek yesterday, also said his ministry appreciates and acknowledges the importance of pharmacists.

The National Pharmacists’ Forum is held annually and it brings together diverse groups of pharmacists working in the public sector in Namibia to discuss and share experiences and challenges they encounter.

“Many see medication as a simple commodity but as a Ministry, we appreciate and acknowledge the importance of pharmacists although the resource constrains due to the financial crisis have impacted greatly on the support that we have been receiving from some of our development partners, more specifically in the human resources sector,” Kamwi said.

The minister also said his ministry had successfully absorbed 60 pharmacists and pharmacist assistants into the public health structures.

“The staff establishment review process is also in the final stages and will be implemented as soon as possible. This exercise will increase the number of pharmacists and also contribute to an improved health care delivery system,” he said. One of the problems highlighted at the was the lack of local manufacturing of pharmaceuticals that has seen the country relying on imported medicines.

The Director of Tertiary Health Care and Clinical Support Services in the Ministry, Paulina Nghipandulwa, said the pharmacist profession is facing many challenges.

“There is a critical shortage of skilled manpower in this profession. In general and in particular most challenges are in the public sectors. Although the National Health Training Centre’s Pharmacist Assistance Programme has tried to assist with the limited number of pharmacists in the public sector, we still have a long way to go before we reach an acceptable situation,” Nghipandulwa said.

She however added that the new Pharmacy School at the University of Namibia is a step in the right direction in addressing the problem.