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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibian truck driver Petrus Katangolo appreciates the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBVG) roadside wellness clinics, which provides assistance when he falls ill while on duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether in Oshikango or Walvis Bay, I get my services whenever I am sick or whenever I need any help. When I need condoms or to do HIV tests, I come here. What I particularly like about these types of services is getting counselling and free treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The WBVG is offering wellness centres to address the health needs of hard-to-reach populations, such as sex workers, adolescents and youth, long distance truck drivers and others, using the Walvis Bay corridors through the Port of Walvis Bay in southern Africa.<\/p>\n

It provides Pre-exposure prophylaxis, (PrEP) services, HIV counselling and testing (HCT), HIV treatment and care, hypertension\/blood pressure testing, STD screening and treatment, risk reduction counselling, basic primary health care, wellness screening services, TB screening, condom distribution as well as Covid-19 vaccination services.<\/p>\n

PrEP is the use of medications, used to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent \u2013 usually a virus.<\/p>\n

The WBCG is a public private partnership, established in 2000 as a service and facilitation centre to promote imports and exports via the Trans-Kalahari, Trans-Caprivi; Trans-Cunene and Trans-Oranje corridors.<\/p>\n

WBCG\u2019s wellness project manager Edward Shivute said the organisation\u2019s health and wellness centres are set up at strategic locations along the transport corridors that are frequently used by the truck drivers and other vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese fixed and mobile clinics offer key services, such as HIV testing, linkage to care and treatment services to ensure all HIV-positive clients are initiated on life-saving anti-retroviral treatment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since its establishment in 2006, the WBCG\u2019s wellness service initiative has provided health and wellness services to over 15 000 long distance truck drivers.<\/p>\n

Shivute said: \u201cAbout 10% of these truck drivers receive life-saving HIV treatment from the WBCG clinics. In addition, and with regards to the recent outbreak of Covid-19, the operations and health issues of long-distance truck drivers have been an issue of concern, as they play an important part in the Namibian and SADC regional economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mozambican truck driver Ant\u00f3nio Albino Matavele told New Era he appreciates the effort of the WBCG\u2019s assistance, which provides them with the necessities and contraceptives.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are helping us nicely, and we are happy. They are providing us with condoms, so I am happy. I would suggest that because we are travelling to Angola most of the time, there are many mosquitoes, which transmit malaria. Maybe they can do Malaria tests,\u201d proposed<\/p>\n

Matavele.<\/p>\n

Agreeing with Matavele, another truck driver said the southern region is prone to malaria due to the humidity and warmth that becomes a breeding space for the blood-sucking insects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (WBCG) need to provide remedies for malaria because, here in southern Africa, it is hot \u2013 and you find mosquitoes. There comes situations when you are sick \u2013 not feeling well; you are probably showing symptoms, but there is no treatment anywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. Namibian truck driver Petrus Katangolo appreciates the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBVG) roadside wellness clinics, which provides assistance when he falls ill while on duty. \u201cWhether in Oshikango or Walvis Bay, I get my services whenever I am sick or whenever I need any help. 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