Success Stories
CDC Leadership Welcome Namibian Minister of Health
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DGHT* hosted Dr. Bernard Haufiku, Namibia’s new Minister of Health and Social Services, for a full day of meetings with CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden...
Posted September 29, 2015
The Admin Team: The Backbone of CDC-Namibia
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Namibia has come a long way in its fight against HIV/AIDS. Ten years ago HIV/AIDS was taking Namibia by storm, with many individuals testing HIV positive with a concurrent AIDS diagnosis and without the necessary medicine and support to stay healthy...
Posted August 31, 2015
Passionate Volunteers Take HIV Prevention to Their Neighbors in Namibia
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A blanket of yellow eshosholo flowers covers the hillside neighborhood where Elizabeth Eichas and her husband make their home. The flowers are a bright, hopeful reminder of Namibia’s long rainy season...
Posted January 2, 2015
Saving Blood, Saving Lives
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Ten years ago, blood transfusion services across southern Africa faced a daunting challenge: How to collect enough safe blood when up to one in five potential blood donors was infected with HIV...
Posted April 7, 2015
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