Namibia is one of those Sub-Saharan countries highly affected by the virus. It currently has the 5th highest HIV prevalence rate in the world, with a total of 13,3% of the population infected. This has drastically impacted on the countries health indicators, posing serious developmental challenges. One of the organizations providing financial support towards the HIV epidemic in Namibia is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

CDC’s support has strengthened national efforts to prevent HIV transmission and to expand care and treatment services. The aim of all their support is to ensure that Namibia soon sees an AIDS-free generation.

With this project, CDC is proposing to accelerate that aim, by introducing new architectural interventions that will seek to provide comprehensive and quality treatment, counseling, prevention, testing as well as care and support for those already infected by HIV/AIDS and the ones that are at risk. Seeing that Namibia is so sparsely populated, these centers will focus on the rural communities, as most of them have little access to health services. Since this addresses the whole the country, the proposal will consist of a masterplan, introducing several interventions, spread throughout Namibia´s 13 regions.

In total there will be 11 new facilities, composed of a central hub and 10 smaller modules. The central hub will be located in the capital city of Windhoek and will serve as a supplier to all the smaller modules, providing them with health staff, medication, and maintenance support.

In return these modules will reach out to all the remote areas by means of mobile clinics, covering identified areas within the country. Apart from the necessity and the function of these facilities, the building is designed to be flexible and adaptive in order to fit onto other sites and to extend if need be. Seeing that there is not a lot of money in the Namibian health sector, it was also important to consider a building which is feasible. This is realized by making use of minimum space requirements as well as affordable local materials and building techniques.