Namibia: Manufacturing of medical supplies launched at Swakopmund – News

Namibia: Manufacturing of medical supplies launched at Swakopmund – News

Africa Links 24 with Lillian Beresford
Published on 2025-05-23 17:20:40

The Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) has launched a facility at Swakopmund where it will manufacture critical medical equipment, starting with specimen collection tubes.

Dr Iyaloo Konstantinus, NIP’s head of research and development, explained at the launch on Friday that the manufacturing project was born when the Covid-19 pandemic revealed the dangers of relying on the global supply chain for medical supplies.

“One of the challenges we faced during Covid was really the…

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