Namibia's public healthcare has 12 per cent c-section rate: Nangombe

NAMPA

2024-11-19

WINDHOEK, 05 June 2023- Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Service, Ben Nangombe. (Photo by: Linea Dishena) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 NOV (NAMPA) – The Namibian public healthcare sector performs caesarean sections (C-sections) for 12 per cent of all births annually, contrasting sharply with the private sector's 73 per cent rate.
This difference reflects varying practices and resources between the sectors.
Executive Director in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ben Nangombe, in an interview with Nampa on Tuesday stated that C-section rates at tertiary hosp...

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