Current Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. BR. cultivars in Namibia have overall poor performance posing a threat to the nation's food security because this crop is staple for over 70% of the Namibian population. The crop suffers from undesirable production traits such as susceptibility to diseases, low yield, and prolonged reproductive cycle. This study aimed to understand the genetic diversity of the...

Phylogeographic patterns in wide-ranging species in southern Africa remain largely unexplored, especially in areas north of South Africa. Here, we investigate population structuring, demographic history, and the colonization pattern of the western rock skink (Trachylepis sulcata), a rock-dwelling species with a range extending from southwestern South Africa into Angola. Using 1056 bp from the m...

Since its implementation in 1985, the nursing process in Namibia – for unknown reasons – had been utilised with difficulty. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a programme to operationalise the nursing process in gynaecology wards in Namibia. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual design was used to perform this study. Seven in-depth interviews were condu...

BACKGROUND Historical evidence of the levels of intervention scale up and its relationships to changing malaria risks provides important contextual information for current ambitions to eliminate malaria in various regions of Africa today. METHODS Community-based Plasmodium falciparum prevalence data from 3,260 geo-coded time-space locations between 1969 and 1992 were assembled from archives c...

BACKGROUND A panel of 37 rabies virus isolates were collected and studied, originating mainly from the northern and central regions of Namibia, between 1980 and 2003. RESULTS These virus isolates demonstrated a high degree of genetic similarity with respect to a 400 bp region of the nucleoprotein gene, with the virus isolates originating from kudu antelope (n = 10) sharing 97.2-100% similarit...

INTRODUCTION Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of seizures in low resource countries. There is a paucity of data regarding the extent of this infection in Namibia. There are multiple causes of First-time seizure including electrolyte abnormalities, infections, trauma, drugs, alcohol and many times no apparent cause can be found. We sought to describe the burden of Neurocysticercosis among in...

In 1994, South Africa approved a constitution providing freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Other Southern African countries, including Botswana, Malawi, and Namibia, criminalize same-sex behavior. Men who have sex with men (MSM) have been shown to experience high levels of stigma and discrimination, increasing their vulnerability to negative health and other outcomes. This...

BACKGROUND Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), syphilis, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are infections which are common in some communities in Southern Africa. It is important to screen blood donations for these infections. METHODS This is a retrospective study which involved reviewing of previous blood donation records ...

The Namibian tourism industry is gradually recovering from the pandemic's impact following end of Covid-19 pandemic in 2021. One things that suspected to be a booster media information. This paper discussesthe construction Post-Pandemic Era by Namibia. research selected data sample website titled “Namibia Endless Horizons” which can accessed through official address visitnambia.com.ina and used...

In Namibia, most health care facilities have not been yielding good results in response to patients’ needs. Health systems are becoming more complex with paradoxical challenges resulting into inefficiencies due ever increasing science and knowledge medicine, which makes it difficult internalise understand, as well implement certain procedures. The study explored found that research indicates to...