MoHS gets N$13m mobile lab to speed outbreak detection

Patience Makwele

Namibia has strengthened its ability to detect and respond to infectious disease outbreaks after taking delivery of a mobile laboratory worth more than N$13 million from Russia, a facility expected to bring rapid testing closer to communities during public health emergencies.

The all-terrain laboratory which was handed over to the ministry of health and social services on Thursday, can be deployed to outbreak hotspots, allowing health workers to analyse samples on-site instead of transporting them to central laboratories for testing.