Ambassador Mathieu pictured with the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Richard Kamwi, at the November 5 inauguration of the Kuisebmund ART clinic.  Full Size

Remarks by Ambassador Dennise Mathieu At The Inauguration Of The Kuisebmund ART Clinic - November 5, 2009

Good morning. 

It’s a great pleasure to join you for the opening of this beautiful new clinic.  I’d like to thank Minister Kamwi and the committed group of Namibian colleagues who have guided this project to completion.  I’d also like to add a special message of appreciation to the physicians, nurses, pharmacists, community counselors, and support staff whose work will bring relief and healing to so many lives.

As many of you know, this clinic is 1 of 5 clinics that’ve been renovated this year with support from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR.  I’m pleased to participate in this launch, which follows openings in Okongo and Eenhana.   
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U.S. Embassy Windhoek Deputy Chief of Mission, Matt Harrington.  Full Size

Namibian-U.S. Partnership Launches New ART Clinic

 The Okongo ART Clinic was inaugurated on Friday, October 30, 2009, at the Okongo Hospital Complex, 80 kilometers from Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region.  The keynote speaker was the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Richard Nchabi Kamwi, M.P., and the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Mr. Matt Harrington, delivered remarks at the occasion.

The Okongo ART clinic is one of five ART treatment clinics being newly renovated in Namibia with N$10,909,573.00 in funding from the U.S. Government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).  [read more].