President Geingob inaugurates Health Science Training Complex

Eponym of the University of Namibia (UNAM) Health Sciences Campus, President Hage Geingob, recently inaugurated the campus training complex which boasts the University’s state-of-the-art public dental clinic, constructed for N$340 million. The... Read more »

UNAM’s anatomical unit introduces 3D printing

Attempts to strengthen the education of health professionals in Southern Africa has now bore fruit in Namibia, with the first 3D printed anatomical models created at UNAM’s Hage Geingob Campus, in Windhoek.... Read more »

Namibia reaches another milestone in physiotherapy

– MVA makes it possible for UNAM to graduate first locally trained physiotherapists – Relatively speaking, Physiotherapy is one of the youngest programmes at the University of Namibia (UNAM). The programme is... Read more »

Radiography students’ outreach brings breast cancer awareness to the community

Every year around October, students from the School of Allied Health organise awareness activities to educate the public about breast cancer. A practice group of radiography students took charge this year. The... Read more »

OT students’ health campaign focuses on the science of rest

Shouts of laughter, joy, and zeal were the order of the day at Hage Geingob Campus on 13 October 2021, as students and staff assembled for a short break to unwind over... Read more »

PanMeD donates nursing attire to first-year students

In 2019, the School of Nursing at the University of Namibia introduced a new uniform attire to nature students’ professional outlook and to easily identify nursing students in public clinics and hospitals. Since... Read more »

UNAM Academic receives Fellowship from Harvard

Associate Research Professor in the Department of Human, Biological and Translational Medical Sciences, Prof. Mareli Claassens, recently obtained a LEAD fellowship from the Harvard Global Health Institute. The LEAD fellowship is a... Read more »

Debmarine Namibia adds 2nd PCR to UNAM’s Covid-19 testing lab

In partnership with the University of Namibia, in addition to the initial machine availed at the launch of the lab in August 2020, Debmarine Namibia has recently sponsored a second PCR machine... Read more »

School of Pharmacy takes different approach towards students’ dissertation

Late last year, the School of Pharmacy, in the Faculty of Health Sciences, had a research presentation poster exhibition which displayed the thesis of the fourth-year students that are majoring in the... Read more »

Cultivating Top Class Dentists for the Future

A peek at UNAM’s new School of Dentistry The science of dentistry has largely been associated with the mechanical exercise of only removing rotten teeth, however, modern clinical dentistry is more than... Read more »

School of Public Health graduate 33 practitioners

Since it became a standalone school in 2016, the School of Public Health is graduating its first cohort with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health (Honours) degree this year. All graduates... Read more »

“Communities will always need public health practitioners” – School of Public Health

Should medical doctors and nurses not suffice during pandemics? If there are no disease outbreaks, do public health practitioners go on extended holidays then? Seemingly not. Studying Public Health at the University... Read more »