Ministry of Health and Social Services

Recent papers from Ministry of Health and Social Services

1. Super El Niño threatens a public health emergency in AfricaThe Lancet · 2026
2. Evaluation of Radionuclide Concentrations and Radiological Health Risks in Groundwater of the Groot-Aub Aquifer System, NamibiaWater · 2026
3. Geographical Variation in Antimalarial Drug Resistance Marker Prevalence across the Southern African Elimination Eight RegionAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
4. A Multivariable Model of the Association Between Postoperative Complications and 30-Day In-Hospital Mortality in the African Surgical Outcome Study CohortAnesthesia & Analgesia · 2026
5. One in seven has severe pain: a point-prevalence study of hospitalised patients across AfricaPain · 2026
6. Asymptomatic Tuberculosis in the Namibia National Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey: Occurrence Under Various Case DefinitionsTropical Medicine & International Health · 2026
7. The first Turks and Caicos Islands global school health survey: Brief findings, challenges, lessons learned, and next stepsGlobal Epidemiology · 2026
8. Geographical Variation in Antimalarial Drug Resistance Marker Prevalence Across the Southern African Elimination Eight Region2026
9. Evaluating the 2024 dog oral rabies vaccination campaign in the Zambezi region, Namibia using GIS and household surveysScientific Reports · 2026
10. Beach Buffet: First Observations of White‐Backed Vultures Gyps africanus Feeding on a Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus on the Skeleton CoastEcology and Evolution · 2026
11. New Genus and Species of Liolopidae Odhner, 1912 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) Infecting Nile Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus (Laurenti, 1768) (Crocodilia: Crocodylidae) in the Kavango River, NamibiaJournal of Parasitology · 2026
12. Breakthrough Tuberculosis in a Large Cohort of People Living With HIV on Preventive TreatmentTropical Medicine & International Health · 2026
13. Increasing Targeted Poaching of Lions for Trade Has the Potential to Pose an Existential Threat to the Species in AfricaConservation Letters · 2026
14. Quantifying intersectional stigma in HIV prevention contexts: adaptation and validation of a scale among female sex workers in NamibiaBMC Public Health · 2025
15. Breeding of Bread Wheat With Drought Adaptive Root TraitsFood and Energy Security · 2025
16. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on rational antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Namibia: an online cross-sectional surveyJournal of Global Health · 2025
17. Harnessing digital health data for person‐centred HIV prevention monitoring: a survey of national health information systemsJournal of the International AIDS Society · 2025
18. Sex‐Linked Differentiation in Commercially Exploited Fishes: Rethinking Population Structure in Dynamic Marine EnvironmentsGlobal Change Biology · 2025
19. A protocol for an assessment of the health information system in Khomas region, NamibiaPLoS ONE · 2025
20. High Prevalence of Molecular Markers Associated with Artemisinin, Sulfadoxine, and Pyrimethamine Resistance in Northern NamibiaAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2025