20 Nations with the highest prevalence of TB

Rank. Country	TB deaths per 100,000
20. Burundi	564
19. Chad	566
18. Mali	578
17. Namibia	586
16. Mozambique	635
15. Uganda	646
14. Côte d'Ivoire	651
13. Rwanda	660
12. Afghanistan	661
11. South Africa	670
10. Somalia	673
9. Zimbabwe	673
8. Timor-Leste	692
7. Zambia	707
6. Cambodia	709
5. Togo	718
4. Sierra Leone	847
3. Kenya	888
2. Swaziland	1,120
1. Djibouti	1,137

(USA = 4)

New strategy in the TB fight - The Namibian (3/29)
Karas Region Still Tops TB List - The Namibian (3/28)

10 Nations with the Lowest Population Density

Rank. Country-Population/Area (sq km)=Pop Density

10. Guyana- 765,283 /214,970= 3.56

9. Canada- 32,805,041 /9,984,670= 3.28

8. Libya- 5,765,563 /1,759,540= 3.27

7. Mauritania -3,086,859 /1,030,700= 2.99

6. Iceland- 296,737 /103,000= 2.88

5. Botswana- 1,640,115 /600,370= 2.73

4. Suriname- 438,144 /163,270= 2.68

3. Australia- 20,090,437 /7,686,850= 2.61

2. Namibia- 2,030,692/ 825,418= 2.46

1. Mongolia- 2,791,272 /1,564,116= 1.78

(50. USA- 295,734,134 /9,631,418= 30.07)

(World (land only)- 6,445,398,968 /148,940,000= 43.27)

Recent Nam 25 bloggers and news stories (3/12 - 3/25)

Recent blog posts from other PCV's in Namibia:

Will:
chez will and the view from my house (3/25)
9 AM onwards(3/25)
Notes towards an understanding of the herero couture (3/25)
the early part, 6AM-9AM (3/24)
Namblish Survival Guide (3/24)
Acronymnastics (3/22)

Amber:
Fine Fine (3/12)

Silas:
Namibian Vocabulary (3/20)

Brock:
Photos (3/21)
Link to photo page
Gmail chat and shocker basketball (3/17)
March 11
March 15
Internet in the Library!!! (3/16)
My wonderful little flat (3/16)

Beth:
Mariental floods (3/17)
Visit to Rehoboth (3/17)
How to survive an encounter with a computer (3/17)

Coppelia:
Could someone tell me what fronic means (3/22) NEW
Etosha (3/20) NEW
Home again (3/14)

Jay:
Hard Day (3/13)
Goolge? (3/13)

Caitlin:
The Dating Game (3/13)

Pamela
Independence Weekend (3/19)
Sunday morning (3/12)

Jason:
Vacation (3/21)
Nam 25 blog directory (3/21)
Fundraising and Digital Photography (3/15)
Dorks (3/13)
The new becomes the familiar (3/13)


Link to previous list of recent blogs (2/28-3/11)

Recent news articles from Namibia:

CoD Praises, Chides And Looks to the Future - New Era (3/23)
We will defeat the enemy - The Namibian (3/22)
Come, let's all celebrate - New Era (3/22)
Time for an Independence Resolution - Namibian (3/20)
How are we 16 years on - New Era (3/20)
Namibia hopes to make economic gain from rain - The Star (Malaysia) 3/19/06
San living like flies - New Era 3/15/06
Namibia: Life in School Hostels -New Era 3/14/06
Desperate San eat rotten food -The Namibian 3/14/06

Top ten nations with the highest % of adults living with HIV/AIDS

This statistic explains the previous lists of highest death rate and lowest life expectancy

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)

1 Swaziland 38.8

2 Botswana 37.3

3 Lesotho 28.9

4 Zimbabwe 24.6

5 South Africa 21.5

6 Namibia 21.3

7 Zambia 16.5

8 Malawi 14.2

9 Central African Republic 13.5

10 Mozambique 12.2

Today is Namibian Independence Day - March 21, 1990

Articles on Namibian history of independence:

Namibian Independence

Namibia 1966-1990

Namibian History

Wikipedia - History of Namibia