Health Alerts

Oshana, in the country’s central-north, is the fourth region with an outbreak of hepatitis E, but another six regions have reported sporadic infections this year. A regional WHO statement announced 2,435 suspected Hep E cases and 20 deaths up to July 29 – around half of those were pregnant women or post-delivery (a high risk category for complications of the infection). Almost 80 percent of cases have been from informal settlements of the capital, Windhoek (Havana and Goreangab). Read more