DIRECTOR: Mr Puteho (a.i)
Private Bag 1081
Katima Mulilo
Tel: +264-66251467
Fax: +264 66 253565
E-mail: hisgrncapr@healthnet.org.na

About the region:

The Caprivi Region is situated in the far North East of Namibia, covering a square kilometre of 14,528 in size. The Region borders Zambia on the east Botswana on the south, Zimbabwe on the East and Angola on the west. Green vegetation and floods that are seasonal making the eastern part of the region to be inaccessible for 6-8 months every year characterize it.

The region has a warm climate with a mean annual temperature of between 26-30 Celsius and the annual rainfall of 270 mm.

According to the 2001 population census the region has a population of 84215 with a growth rate of 1.8%

Under 1 year old - 2526
Under 5 years - 10948
Women of Childbearing Age (WCBA) - 20212
Estimated disabled people - 2565
Aged people are - 5708

Caprivi is predominantly an agricultural region, with both cropping and livestock rearing. Crop and livestock production forms the economy base in the region where more than 50% of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector. The trade and service sectors in the urban areas provide employment outside the agricultural sector while manufacturing occurs on a small scale only. The proclamation of settlements, which is a priority with the MRLGH, encourages private entrepreneurs to invest in the region. The regional Council assists small farmers in obtaining access to markets to sell agriculture products on the open market. Other sources of income are self-help projects where people sell second hand clothes and fish on the open market.

Caprivi is an entry point to other SADC country and with the opening of the Zambia Namibia Bridge more tourists visits the region due to improved accessibility.

Quick Links on this page: Objectives | Main Output Areas | Structure

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the regional directorate are:

• To ensure efficient regional management
• To improve quality of health services in all hospitals
• To provide quality primary health care service
• To improve developmental social welfare services

MAIN OUTPUT AREAS
General and Functional Management

• Developmental Social Welfare Services
• Public Health Services
• Hospital Services

General support services

The division is responsible for providing administrative support to the directorate in terms of:

• Office and general services
• Logistics and facility management
• Financial and social accounts
• Human and resource management

• Sanitation
• Vector borne disease control
• Occupation Health and safety
• Public hygiene and environmental pollution control
• Infectious disease control
• Food safety and hygiene
  

• Safe motherhood and newborn care;

• Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
• Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI
• Family Planning, Antenatal care (ANC), Post Natal care (PNC);

• Food and Nutrition;
• Community Based Health Care and Outreach services;
• School and Adolescent Health Program;
• Mental Health;
• Control of Diarrhoea Diseases (CDD)
• Non-communicable diseases control;
• Acute Respiratory Infections control;

• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Malaria

Management Information System (MIS)

The division is responsible for managing of information for evidence-based planning, monitoring and evaluation. This is done through the development of a sound MIS that provides information on financial, epidemiological, pharmaceutical, capital development and maintenance of facilities, human resource development, research and surveys.

Districts health and social health services: Katima Mulilo)

This division is responsible for the co-ordination, management and implementation of activities at the district level, which includes all the activities run by clinics, health centres and the district hospitals.

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HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES

Caprivi Region has one district hospital (Katima Mulilo) three health centres 24 clinics and 52 outreach points clinics.