Namibia Urged to Strengthen Child Health As Preventable Deaths Continue, Says Unicef

United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) country representative Samuel Ocran warns that thousands of Namibian newborns continue to die in the first days of life, while many children under five are still falling ill from preventable diseases.

Ocran was speaking yesterday morning during the World Health Day commemoration at Okapale, Goreangab, in Windhoek.

Speaking under this year’s theme, ‘Together for Health: Stand with Science’, Ocran said every death represents not just a statistic, but a child,…