Namibia Institute of Pathology
The Namibia Institute of Pathology Limited was established by virtue of the Namibia Institute of Pathology Act 15 of 1999 in August 2000 and started its operations in December 2000. The Institute aims at providing laboratory services to both public and private health sectors across Namibia. The current CEO of NIP is Kapena Tjombonde.
Services
NIP is the largest diagnostic pathology service in Namibia with a total of 37 medical laboratories serving about 80% of the Namibian population.NIP plays a vital role in the following services;
- Public health in Namibia through epidemiology, surveillance and outbreak response activities;
- The national Anti-retroviral Roll-out programme through CD4, viral load studies and HIV treatment monitoring;
- Provision of quality assurance for national VCT sites;
- Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment monitoring;
- The screening of cervical cancer;
- Practical training of medical technicians, medical technologists and scientists.