DIRECTOR: Mrs Maria Kavezembi
P/Bag 2007, Tsumeb, Namibia
Tel.: +264-67-224050
Fax : + 264-67-220793
E-mail: hisrgnoshi@healthnet.org.na

About the region:
The region is bordered with Otjozondjupa region to the south, Ohangwena region to the north, Oshana region to the west and Kavango region to the east.

The total population is: 165612 in 2004 (projected from 2001 Population and Housing Census) people with the growth rate of 2.2. About 86% of the population are lives in rural Onandjokwe district compared to only 14% living in urban area in Tsumeb district.

Population per category:

Under 1yr: 4968
Under 5yr: 24842
Women of bearing age (15-49): 39747
Old aged people: 11604
Disabled people: 5213

The region is further characterized by a dualistic economy, with a strong formal business and commercial agriculture sector on the one hand and an under developed communal subsistence agriculture and informal business sector on the other.

Ongopolo Copper mine in Tsumeb, provides jobs of opportunities therefore attracting people from neighbouring regions to work in Tsumeb.

The region has a wide variety of wildlife. A commercial farmland game is managed by individual owners or collectively by conservancies.

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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 to the directorate in terms of:

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

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

Port Health
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 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 Diarrhoea 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 protect the rights and dignity of those affected by prejudice and abuse.

A rehabilitation service includes physiotherapy and occupational services.

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

Special disease program
The special diseases services deals with the following diseases:

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.

Districts health and social health services x 2: (Onandjokwe, Tsumeb)
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 centres and the district hospitals.

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HEALTH AND WELFARE FACILITIES
Oshikoto region is having a total of 22 health facilities, 1 private hospital in Tsumeb, one state hospital Tsumeb, one mission hospital Tsumeb, three health centres and 16 PHC clinics.