| | The central argument of this publication is that 'the prevailing disease patterns and inequalities in health care cannot be altered for the better under the existing social order' or under any 'wallpaper administration which is not committed wholeheartedly to the principles of primary health care, in point, the notion of social equality' . The report falls into two parts, the first outlining the present situation in Namibia, drawing on (data from the inadequate official South West African administrative reports, supplemented by additional reports and calculations wherever possible. Although a 'wallpaper administration' of the Multi-Party Conference interim government has now been installed since the publication of this report, the situation is, as predicted, essentially the same. The second part of the report deals with health policy options at independence, drawing on knowledge of existing health services and problems in Namibia and on the experience of the liberation movement in setting up health facilities in Swapo centres in Angola and Zambia. |
