Executive Committee

President of NAMHIVSOC.
Victoria N Munyama is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years experience in Paediatric care and nursing and currently working as a Travelling Nurse with an insurance company. Her interest in HIV Matters stems years back when she studied nursing, nursing patients with HIV/AIDS at a time when HAART was just rolling out in health care institutions and the disease was at its peak in mortality rates in Namibia.
Born and raised in Namibia, she grew up in Grootfontein and finished her primary and secondary school there, and took on tertiary education at the University of Namibia, where she obtained her 4 years Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery, And Certified in:

• Pharmacotherapy (UNAM)
• Advanced Nursing Skills (UNAM)
• HIV Pre-and-Post Test Counseling (I-Tech)
• COVID-19 Training for Healthcare Workers (Stanford University, USA)
• COVID-19 Contact Tracing (John Hopkins University, USA)
• Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing (John Hopkins University, USA)
• High level Biocontainment for Healthcare Workers (University of Nebraska, USA)
• Strategies for Assisted Living Communities during COVID-19 (John Hopkins University, USA)
• Strategies for Senior Housing Communities during COVID-19 (John Hopkins University, USA)
• Inclusive Leadership: The power of Workplace diversity (University Of Colorado,USA).
• Gender and Sexuality: Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents Certificate from John Hopkins University, USA
• Certificate: Infectious Disease Transmission Models for Decision-Makers, John Hopkins University, USA
• How to have a Patient-centered discussion about COVID-19 Vaccines (Stanford University School of Medicine)
• Leading Healthcare Quality & Safety (George Washington University, USA)

• Community Change in Public Health, John Hopkins University, USA

• Diagnosing Health Behaviors For Global Health Programs, John Hopkins University, USA

• Essential Epidemiologic Tools for Public Health, John Hopkins University, USA

• Health For All Through Primary Health Care, John Hopkins University, USA
• Healthy Practices – Nutrition, Physical Activity, Community Participation, University of Colorado, USA
• Public Health In Humanitarian Crises 1, John Hopkins University, USA
• Surveillance Systems – The Building Blocks, John Hopkins University, USA
• Training & Learning Programs for Volunteer Health Workers, John Hopkins University, USA

• Understanding & Strengthening Health Systems, John Hopkins University, USAManaging Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes & Seizures in School, John Hopkins University, USA

• Specialization: Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (John Hopkins University, USA
• Specialization: Foundations of Global Health (John Hopkins University, USA)
• Specialization: School Health for Children and Adolescents – Managing Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes, Seizures in School, managing ADHD, Autism, Learning disabilities and Concussions in school (University of Colorado, USA) 
• Specialization (Honors): Confronting Gender-based Violence: Global Lessons for Healthcare Workers (John Hopkins University, USA)

President of NANMHIVSOC since 2019