Health in Namibia
Since independence in 1990, Namibia's health indicators have improved in several areas, including child mortality and some communicable-disease outcomes, although HIV/AIDS remains a significant public-health issue, along with tuberculosis and periodic cholera outbreaks. Namibia also faces a growing burden of non-communicable diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, alcohol-related disease and cancers, as well as public-health concerns such as albinism-related skin cancer risk and child stunting.