Botswana News News Botswana » Health: Botswana targets drug manufacturing in health emergency recovery
Botswana is in talks with international pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce generic drugs locally as it recovers from a public health emergency triggered by Western aid cuts and a hole in public ...
News Botswana » Health: Abu Dhabi's M42 to roll out genomics program in Botswana
The 10-year contract with the government of Botswana includes a national genomics program and will digitize health records and bolster access to medicines.
News Botswana » Health: Botswana declares public health emergency as clinics run out of medicine
Botswana's President Duma Boko declared a public health emergency on Monday, saying the national medical supply chain had failed, leaving hospitals and clinics short of medicine and other vital stock.
News Botswana » Health: Botswana's health director says majority of Omicron variant cases were asymptomatic
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A senior Botswana health official said on Tuesday that 16 of the total 19 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant detected in the country were asymptomatic, while President ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana: Inside Botswana Health Crisis
Gaborone — On an ordinary morning at a government clinic, the queue moves slowly. Mothers cradle children. Elderly patients lean heavily on walking sticks. When at last they reach the dispensing ...
News Botswana » Health: M42 expands international presence in Africa with Botswana Health Partnership
M42, the global health leader powered by artificial intelligence (AI), technology and genomics, today announced its entry into Africa with a significant 10-year strategic partnership with the Ministry ...
News Botswana » Health: Public-Private Partnerships And Antiretroviral Drugs For HIV/AIDS: Lessons From Botswana
The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) played a major role in initiating Botswana’s antiretroviral (ARV) program in 2001. ACHAP is a prominent public-private partnership involving ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana declares health crisis, can’t afford meds due to weak diamond demand
• For more financial news, go to News24 Business. Botswana President Duma Boko has declared a public health emergency and set up a 5 billion pula (R6.1 billion) response plan as a prolonged downturn ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana declares health crisis as low diamond demand hits state medical funds
Botswana President Duma Boko has declared a public health emergency and set up a 5 billion pula ($348 million) response plan as a prolonged downturn in diamond sales has caused funds for medical ...
News Botswana » Health: Climate change likely to worsen threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana, arid African countries
Botswana is an arid, landlocked country in southern Africa with a subtropical climate of distinct wet and dry seasons. Alexander and her co-authors evaluated monthly reports of diarrheal disease among ...
News Botswana » Health: China donates PPE, reproductive health products to Botswana
Botswana Health Minister Edwin Dikoloti (C), Chinese Ambassador to Botswana Wang Xuefeng (R) and a UNFPA official pose for a group photo during the handover ceremony of personal protective equipment ...