HIGHER INSTITUTIONS STEP UP MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

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2025-12-01

KATIMA MULILO, 15 December 2015 - A 14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging herself in her mother’s bedroom at Katima Mulilo. Here the body of Masendo Muhweta is removed from her family home. (Photo by: Faith Sankwasa) NAMPA.

By Ali Negumbo and Edward Tenete
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)

WINDHOEK, 01 DEC (NAMPA) – Mental health has increasingly become a public health challenge in Namibia, with rising suicide cases shaking communities and exposing deep social and emotional vulnerabilities, particularly among the youth.
With university students among those affected, concerns are mounting over the availability of support systems in higher education and the urgent need to sa...

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