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Dr. Esperance Luvindao, has called on private companies to join hands with the government to help improve health services


Dr Esperance Luvindao - The Updated World
Dr Esperance Luvindao – The Updated World

Namibia’s Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Esperance Luvindao, has called on private companies to join hands with the government to help improve health services across the country.

The Minister reported said that when she took office, she received many messages of support and partnership offers from private sector organisations.

“We have to be creative,” she said, explaining that the government cannot improve the health system alone.

Luvindao has already started talking to private companies to work together in improving clinics and other health facilities in Namibia.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) received N$12.2 billion for the 2025/2026 financial year. From this, N$780 million is set aside for the current year, and N$2.7 billion over the next three years will be used to expand health infrastructure and reduce pressure on state hospitals.

However, Luvindao said that the amount is not enough to fix or upgrade all the clinics in the country. At the moment, Namibia has about 322 clinics and 56 healthcare centres.

“To upgrade from a clinic to a health centre needs construction, equipment, and more staff,” she explained. “Each clinic is different, so their needs are also different.”

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She said her ministry is now preparing a full list of what each clinic needs. An internal memo has already been sent to the head of primary healthcare to start working on this.

Luvindao said that once the list is ready, the ministry will use it to ask private companies for help. “If you can partner with us to do five facilities at a time, we can make progress, not everything at once, but step by step,” she said.

She believes that upgrading clinics will help reduce overcrowding at hospitals and bring better health services closer to the people. The ministry says about 85% of Namibians depend on public health services.

“This is why we must improve clinics and spread services more evenly across the country,” the minister added.

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