{"id":28724,"date":"2022-08-29T16:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:44:13","slug":"nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","title":{"rendered":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the public in June as the community waited for nine years for it to open. Various factors conspired to delay the clinic\u2019s establishment and opening, including poor workmanship as well as the pressing economic situation which affected the health ministry\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

According to health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula, the Nkurenkuru PHC clinic was planned as the first phase component of the envisaged Nkurenkuru District Hospital, which is yet to be constructed. This clinic is the first government-funded clinic to be constructed in Nkurenkuru.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a state-of-the-art facility which once it is fully operational will offer the screening, monitoring and treatment of common illnesses, growth monitoring and promotion,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

The clinic will also offer expanded programmes on immunisation (EPI) as well as antenatal and post-natal care, family planning services and dental services.<\/p>\n

The clinic likewise boasts an Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) section, which will provide the community with voluntary counselling and testing services. The section also hosts an adolescent-friendly room with its own private entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThus, young people are encouraged to make use of the facility to receive the needed services in complete privacy,\u201d Shangula stated.<\/p>\n

A staff structure of 41 positions for the clinic has been approved. There will be two medical officers, 15 registered nurses, 10 enrolled nurses, one pharmacist and three pharmacist assistants. There will also be support staff. The completion of this project is part of the government\u2019s effort to improve the delivery of healthcare services in all regions of the country.<\/p>\n

While inaugurating the Nkurenkuru PHC, the minister also commissioned the oxygen-generating plant, which was a donation to the Nkurenkuru Infectious Unit located at the Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care Clinic. The Welsh government, through the partnership between the University of Namibia and the Cardiff University, donated the oxygen tanks and oxygen- generating plants to the Ministry of Health and Social Services to enable the ministry to build capacity to respond effectively to the Covid-19 pandemic and any other disease of public concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two facilities are now in the hands of the community. Let\u2019s make use of the services available at the facilities to improve the quality of life of the residents of this town and this region. Let us not vandalise or damage in any way these valuable assets. Please report any acts of vandalism or theft of state assets to the relevant authorities,\u201d the minister urged.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thank our development cooperation partners who responded to our call to support the efforts to improve the availability of medical oxygen at our health facilities,\u201d Shangula noted. On Wednesday, before inaugurating the Nkurenkuru PHC, the minister also commissioned an oxygen- generating plant at the Rundu Intermediate State Hospital, which was donated by USAID through the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Namibia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true that complex problems, such as dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, do not render themselves to straightforward or simple solutions. They require the collaborative efforts supported by individuals, organisations and nations. It is through such collaborations that we are here today with one of our collaborative partners, namely the CDC Namibia,\u201d Shangula observed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe need for this plant was identified when the world, and Namibia, was hit by the worst of Covid pandemic waves. As you all know too well, people can get very sick from Covid, with many sick enough to be hospitalised and needing breathing support and extra oxygen. A patient who is very ill from a Covid infection will often need a concentrated supply of oxygen for days or weeks to overcome the damage that the virus had done to the lungs,\u201d said CDC Namibia director Dr Brian Baker at the handover of the Rundu oxygen- generating plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis plant has two 500-litre tanks. This will meet not only the needs of Rundu Hospital, but also allow for the ability to fill tanks to be brought to other health facilities. Therefore, this donation from CDC provides not just for the needs of future seriously-ill Covid-19 patients, but will also provide oxygen for patients suffering from many other diseases\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

In the past few weeks, the minister inaugurated a number of new healthcare facilities, such as the out- patient department and infectious disease facility at the Okahao District Hospital, a maternity waiting shelter at Outapi, and oxygen-generating plants and bulks tanks at Katima Mulilo, Gobabis, Mariental and other towns. Shangula believes that the developments have significantly expanded access and strengthened government\u2019s capacity to serve the communities better.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the public in June as the community waited for nine years for it to open. Various factors conspired to delay the clinic\u2019s establishment and opening, including poor workmanship as well as the pressing economic situation which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-28724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nNkurenkuru community gets clinic - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\"},\"wordCount\":773,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\",\"name\":\"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic - Namibia","description":"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic","og_description":"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic","datePublished":"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic"},"wordCount":773,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic","name":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-29T16:22:24+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-29T16:44:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Nkurenkuru Primary Health Care clinic was last Wednesday officially inaugurated after opening its doors to the publi ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_14-630cecb892405.jpg","width":720,"height":540,"caption":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/nkurenkuru-community-gets-clinic#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nkurenkuru community gets clinic"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}