Namibia

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 2.403 million
  • Population under 15: 37%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 64.8 years
  • Human Development Index: 126 out of 188
  • World Bank Status: Upper Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 16%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.2 members
  • Female-Headed Households: 44%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years):  7%

Sources: World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP HDR 2015, DHS 2013
Highlighted Documents
Country Care Review Namibia
Snapshot of Children's Living Arrangements

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Policy Standards Framework in Relation to Residential and Community-Based Care
UNICEF,

This presentation from UNICEF was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005. It outlines the standards and principles for residential and community-based care in the region.

Methods of Assessment: Alternative Care Workshop Bangkok 2005

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

Alternative Care Workshop Group 1: Social Protection and strengthening Social Services for supporting families to care for their children

This document presents notes from the Group 1 session of the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005, focused on Social Protection and strengthening Social Services for supporting families to care for their children.

Quality Care Standards: Experiences from Cambodia

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

Alternative Care: From Prevention to Response
Alexandra Yuster,

This presentation from UNICEF was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005. It highlights the links between alternative care and social protection in the South East Asia region and outlines a strategic plan.

A Change of Paradigm and Practice

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005. The presentation describes the slow shift toward family-based care options in the South East Asia region.

Assessment of Appropriate Alternative Care Choices for Children without Primary Caregivers in Tsunami Affected Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand
Lourdes G. Balanon, Wilhelmina B. Dacanay, Ma. Lyra T. del Castillo, and Marilyn F. Manuel - ISS Philippines,

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

Vietnam Report - Alternative Care Workshop

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Country Report Presentation

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.

Alternative Care Workshop Presentation - Papua New Guinea

This presentation was given at the Alternative Care Workshop in Bangkok in November 2005.