DIRECTOR: Mr. P. Angala
Private Bag 2099
GOBABIS
Tel No: +264 62 566200
Fax No: +264 563489

About the region
Gobabis is the largest town in the east of Namibia with a square kilometer area of 87700.

The Omaheke region borders the Khomas region in the north, and Botswana in the east. The region is having 7 constituencies, which are Otjinene, Epukiro, Otjombinde, Kalahari, Aminuis, Gobabis and Steinhausen.

The total population is 73753 in 2004 (projected from 2001 Population and Housing Census)

Population per age group:

Under 1 year: 2213
Under 5 year: 11063
Women of childbearing age:(15-49) 17701
Aged people (60 and above) 5089
Disabled people: 2286

Omaheke is a vast region with a diverse economic base. The most significant economy base in the region is the agricultural and tourism sectors. Both sectors compliment each other. The values adding in Agriculture sector is characterized by meat processing for local consumption and nationally export markets.

The meat Festival draws interest form a diverse group of people who come to see the various meat products. This has a socioeconomic multiplier effect that enhances tourism and creates opportunity for investors to see what the region has to offer.

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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
Developmental Social Welfare Services
Public Health Services
Hospital Services

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 including the following:

Port Health
Sanitation
Vector-borne disease control
Occupational health and safety
Public hygiene and environmental pollution
Infectious disease control
Food safety and hygiene

Family Health Services
The division covers the following:

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 Diarrhea 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 provides information on financial, epidemiological, pharmaceutical, capital development and maintenance of facilities, human resource development, research and surveys.

District Health and Social Welfare Services x 1: Gobabis
The divisions are 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.

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HEALTH & SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES
Omaheke region consists of only one district namely Gobabis District. The district has one District Hospital, one Health Center in Otjinene and eleven clinics. There are also ten private and three social welfare institutions.