GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
OF THE
REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
N$6.00 WINDHOEK - 3 April 2020 No. 7169
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GENERAL NOTICE
No. 129 Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority: Covid - 19 Pandemic: Declaration of undesirable
practice in terms of Section 4(9) of the Medical Aid Funds Act, 1995 .................................................. 1
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General Notice
Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
No. 129 2020
COVID - 19 PANDEMIC: DECLARATION OF UNDESIRABLE PRACTICE IN TERMS
OF SECTION 4(9) OF THE MEDICAL AID FUNDS ACT, 1995
1. Following reports of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease, commonly known as
COVID - 19, in Namibia, and the declaration by the President of the Republic of Namibia
His Excellency, Dr. Hage G. Geingob of a state of emergency, certain medical aid funds
(“Funds”) have taken measures to minimize the impact of COVID - 19 on the business of the
Funds.
2. The World Health Organization (“WHO”) has declared that: “Diagnostic testing for COVID -
19 is critical to tracking the virus, understanding epidemiology, informing case management,
and to suppressing transmission.” (WHO, 2020) Having regard to the seriousness of the
COVID - 19 pandemic and its implication on human life, it is imperative that members
of Funds who meet the criteria for laboratory testing, be afforded access to the diagnostic
testing and subsequent healthcare treatment recommended by WHO in accordance with their
benefit option limits.
3. Against this background and under section 4(9) of the Medical Aid Funds Act, 1995 (Act
No. 23 of 1995) (the “Act”), I hereby declare the practice of the curtailment of the use of
benefits that members are entitled to in terms of the rules of Funds as an undesirable practice
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