What does MOHSS stand for?

2) Since 2003, the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services, ministere de la Sante et des Services sociaux du Quebec (MSSS) has funded various initiatives as part of its Quebec Plan for Smoking Cessation, Plan quebecois d'abandon du tabagisme (3).

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome ARV: anti-retroviral DM+ve: direct-microscopy positive DOTS: directly observed treatment short course HIV: human immunodeficiency virus MDR: multi-drug resistant MoHSS: Ministry of Health and Social Services (of Namibia) PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis TB: tuberculosis WHA: World Health Assembly WHO: World Health Organisation INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial disease, caused by a micro-organism called mycobacterium tuberculosis, also known as acid-fast bacillus or tubercle bacillus (WHO, 2001b:1).

The Ministry of Health and Social Services, aided by funding from the national government, should be responsible for an expansion and decentralisation of health care to bring hospitals and clinics into the more rural communities.

11% of the respondents who had received training on the first Ministry of Health and Social Services guidelines for treatment either didn't understand or had never read the guidelines.

This bill board is part of a nation wide Speak Out Campaign by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare and UNICEF encouraging people to speak out against abuse.

The first National Consultative Conference for the Older People was organised by the Directorate of Developmental Social Welfare Services of the Ministry of Health and Social Services in collaboration with the National Council of the Older Persons in Namibia.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services has begun to enrol pregnant women who are HIV positive in a programme to receive Nevirapine treatment for themselves and their babies.