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Mental Health Accountability: Namibia’s health ministry has admitted that poor staffing and weak infrastructure helped a mental health patient escape in Windhoek last month, reigniting calls for tighter ward security and safer care. Private Healthcare Costs: Namibia Health Plan (NHP) says processing problems for medical payments were linked to its April 1 managed-care transition, while Namaf is asking providers to submit updated costs and coding by 30 June to set 2027 tariffs. Public Hospital Medicine Shortages: Reports of missing chronic and eye medicines at Windhoek Central Hospital raise fears of delayed surgeries and preventable blindness risk. Local Health Support: A Windhoek woman, Martha Uupindi, is appealing for about N$200,000 for a bone marrow transplant in South Africa after being diagnosed with severe aplastic anaemia. Health Workforce Agenda: Across Africa, ministers adopted the Accra Declaration to tackle health worker shortages, unemployment, migration and unsafe working conditions.

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