DIRECTOR: Mrs. E.K. Muremi
The Region al Director
Private Bag 2094
Rundu
Tel: 066 – 265500 (ext. 551)
Fax: 066 – 255037/255371
Email: rmtkava@mhss.gov.na

About the region:
Kavango Region is found in the north-eastern part of Namibia, it shares the boundaries to the two countries Angola and Botswana. It covers the surface area of 48463 square kilometers. The region has four districts namely, Andara, Nyangana, Rundu and Nankudu. The district coordinating committees manages all the four districts, while the Regional Management Team (RMT) is in-charge of the whole region.

Kavango region has a population of 226 888 based on census report of 2001.

Under 1 year 6807
Under 5 year 34033
Women of childbearing age (15 – 49) 54453
Aged people 15655
Disabled people 7034

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

OBJECTIVES

• 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
• Resource Programmes and Support Services
• Developmental Social Welfare Services
• Hospital Services
• Public Health Care Services

DIRECTOR: Mrs. E.K. Muremi
The Region al Director
Private Bag 2094
Rundu
Tel: 066 – 265500 (ext. 551)
Fax: 066 – 255037/255371
Email: rmtkava@mhss.gov.na

General Support Services
The division is responsible for providing administrative support in terms of:

• Office and general services
• Logistic and facility management
• Finance and social accounts
• Human resource management

Public & Environmental Health
The division is responsible for uplifting public health standards including the following:

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

Family Health Services
The division covers the following:

• Safe motherhood and newborn
• Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), GMP, Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI), Family Planning, Antenatal Care (ANC), Post Natal Care (PNC)
• Food and Nutrition
• Micro Nutrients Deficiency, Control of Food Standard, Nutrition Surveillance and promotion, Non- communicable diet related diseases and Institutional feeding
• Community Based Health Care and Outreach services
• School and Adolescent health program
• Mental Health
• Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases (CDD)
• Non- communicable diseases control
• Acute Respiratory Infections control

Rehabilitation & Social Welfare Services
The main function of the social sector is to ensure a healthy and safe environment, aimed at improving the living standards of the disadvantaged and to protect the rights and dignity of those affected by prejudice and abuse.

Rehabilitation services include physiotherapy and occupational health services.

Curative Services
The division is responsible for the provision of Nursing, pharmaceutical and dental services.

Special Disease program
The special disease program deals with the following programs:

• HIV/AIDS
• 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 could provide information on financial, epidemiological, pharmaceutical, capital development and maintenance of facilities, human resource development, research and surveys, etc. The division is therefore responsible for the development of a minimum set of indicators for all the MIS subsystems. This tool is then utilized for monitoring the implementation of programs and services in the directorate. 

Multi- regional technical services
It is responsible for repairing and planned preventive maintenance of medical equipment for three directorates.

Multi regional information technology services
Responsible for information technology management such as telephone systems, computers, e- mail and internet services for three directorates.

District health and social welfare services x 4 (Nankudu, Rundu, Nyangana and Andara)
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 center and the district hospital.

Click here to view or download district maps.

Developmental Social Welfare
The main objective of the social sector is to ensure a healthy and fair environment aimed at improving the living standards of the disadvantaged (disable, women, children, youth, elderly, and the vulnerable in Namibia and at the same time to protect the rights and dignity of those affected by prejudice and abuse. This is to be achieved through principles of equity, accessibility and community involvement. Further it aims at equalizing opportunities for all people to participate in economic, social, cultural and political life in order to produce their well-being and to contribute to community development. It is also responsible for promotion of human security, prevention of social problems through counselling.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES

The Region comprises of four districts, which are having 17 State Health Facilities in total, namely, two Health centres, fifteen clinics and four district hospitals.