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About writinghealth

I completed a Masters of Public Health, at the University of Cape Town, in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, while I also relished my courses in health policy and planning, qualitative research and the political determinants of health. During that time, I completed a fellowship (6 months) in adolescent health at the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. I now write about health and do podcasting in Namibia regarding COVID-19. The photo is of myself and classmates from my MPH program.

World Health 2023 – STI services for MSM in Namibia

I am honored to have been featured in the Namibian again.https://www.namibian.com.na/sti-medical-services-and-sexual-minorities/ I talk about dating apps and sexual networks; opportunities for intervention and clinical competency. I hope I ‘brought the message across’, as we say in Namibia, without stigmatising my … Continue reading

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Conflict and Exile: History Repeats Itself

PANCHO MULONGENI IN THE MIDST of vast numbers of protesters in central London on a recent Sunday afternoon, I was delighted to meet one who is acquainted with Namibia. Yet this excitement was tempered by disquiet. This particular protester, Catharina … Continue reading

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Hemophilia Awarness month

Whether it is Haemophilia or Hemophilia, March is a month to raise awareness about this disease. Fortunately, I recorded an episode of Heartbeat Podcast last year about Haemophilia – I include the British spelling, as Queen Victoria made it famous … Continue reading

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Podcast on the Narratives of COVID-19 in Namibia

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Black is King Podcast, World Youth Day, 12th August 2020

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Locked down and LGBTQ+

PANCHO MULONGENI Young people in Namibia – especially in the Erongo region – are bracing themselves for a prolonged restriction on movement in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. Cut off from school and usual gatherings with friends, young … Continue reading

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At precipice of the the old world of intimacy (Being Open to love in times of uncertainty II)

The Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi gave life to the Hong Kong film In the Mood for Love in 2000 with the piece Yumeji’s Theme, a song without words, brimming with melancholic themes, known in western romantic compositions, but with a Chinese feel. Walking … Continue reading

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Podcast!

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Finding a COVID-19 cure is not a popularity contest

https://www.namibian.com.na/91680/read/Finding-a-Covid-Cure-is-Not-a-Popularity-Contest

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Swallow the Inconvenient Truth

By Pancho Mulongeni, MPH Published in The Namibian 17th April 2020 An inconvenient truth is often described as the acknowledgment that official versions of the facts are far from the reality. In this pandemic, there are inconvenient truths regarding the … Continue reading

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