TSUMEB: The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Oshikoto Region is calling on NGOs, companies, and other stakeholders to come together to prevent crime in the region. Regional Commander, Commissioner Theopoline Kalompo-Nashikaku in particular urged non-governmental organisations and private companies to come on board and create awareness in preventing crimes. Kalompo-Nashikaku during a crime prevention stakeholder meeting held in Tsumeb on Wednesday said the police cannot solve crime alone; it needs stakeholders to help curb crime because having them on board will have a positive impact in society. 'We cannot solve the crime alone, we need stakeholders to assist us in fighting crimes and safeguarding our society,' she said. Kalompo-Nashikaku said this after Dundee Precious Metal suffered from several copper wire theft incidents in the past 14 months. A total of seven cases were opened where suspects were arrested and several incidents were reported internally where no suspects were arrested. She said t hat copper wire theft is a serious problem in the town as Cenored regularly replaces copper wire. Kalompo-Nashikaku also called on the public to not buy copper wire from any person. 'People should not buy any copper wire from unlicensed business owners because they might also become culprits,' she warned. Dundee's Protection Services and Emergency Response manager Jaco Haasbroek said the impact on the plant and community is that it caused an emergency shutdown due to water loss from the dam and powerplant. He further said they lost production totalling an estimated loss of production revenue of N.dollars 22 million, electricity outages in town, and impact on other business revenue. 'Our biggest challenge is the market owner of this copper wire theft and we want to kill the market for this culprit,' said Haasbroek. Law enforcement is planning to create awareness with stakeholders such as Telecom Namibia, Tsumeb Municipality, Dundee, Rubicon Security, Cenored, Ongopolo Mining, Office of the Prosecutor Gen eral, and the local Neighbourhood Watch. Source: The Namibia Press Agency Health Minister Ali Mrabet took part in the first international conference on universal health coverage and family health held in Tehran (Iran) on March 5 and 6, with the participation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and several health ministers and senior officials from 18 countries. The aim of this international conference is to discuss a range of issues, including health systems in the context of universal health coverage and mechanisms to protect the health of citizens, as well as mother and child health programmes, digitalisation in the health sector and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his speech, Mrabet recalled that the Palestinian people have been deprived of their right to health as a result of the aggressions perpetrated by the Zionist entity against civilians and health professionals and the bombing of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. He described the aggressions as a flagrant violation of international treaties and conventions and the right to health, which is closely linked to human rights, as advocated by the World Health Organisation. The Health Minister on Tuesday held talks with his Iranian counterpart, Bahram Einollahi, Minister of Health and Medical Education. The talks focused on ways to strengthen health cooperation between the two countries in a number of areas, such as cardiovascular surgery, cancer treatment and the pharmaceutical industry, in line with the guidelines set out by the Presidents of the two countries. President Kais Saied and his Iranian counterpart expressed their desire to develop cooperation between the two countries during a meeting held in Algiers on March 2. The Minister of Health stressed the importance of further strengthening cooperation and exchanges of experience between the two countries, particularly in the field of vaccine and pharmaceutical production and consolidating links between the Pasteur Institute in Tunis and the Pasteur Institute in Iran. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse