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: Botswana declares public health emergency over medicine shortage
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Boko said the national medical supply chain collapsed due to depleted government coffers and steep cuts in US aid [File: ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana Ministry of Health and the Botswana Baylor Trust renew 19-year partnership
Building on the public-private-partnership that established the first pediatric HIV treatment center on the African continent in 2003, the Republic of Botswana Ministry of Health and Botswana-Baylor ...
News Botswana » Health: Inside Botswana health crisis
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 window, many ...
News Botswana » Health: Baylor president reflects on pediatric HIV/AIDS program that earned Botswana presidential honor
Nearly 25 years ago, the AIDS epidemic was so severe in Botswana that its former president told the UN General Assembly that his country was “threatened with extinction.” That stark assessment caught ...
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: Expanding Geographical Access to Cancer Care in Botswana: Current Status and Future Prospects
Impact of the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Care for Colorectal and Anal Cancers at Comprehensive Cancer Centers on Two Continents A multisite cross-sectional survey study of ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana seeks pharmacists from abroad after nurses halt dispensing medications
Botswana is aiming to recruit at least 1,000 pharmacists, some from abroad, after nurses said they would no longer dispense medications. Nurses stopped filling prescriptions to patients last month, ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana declares public health emergency as medicines run out
GABORONE, Botswana — Botswana declared a public health emergency on Monday after hospitals ran out of essential medicines due to depleted government coffers and steep cuts in US aid. The diamond-rich ...
News Botswana » Health: Botswana Begins Mpox Screening at Entry Points
Gaborone, Botswana — Health officials in Botswana have started screening travelers for mpox at the country's entry points. Neighboring South Africa has recorded three deaths as a result of the ...
News Botswana » Health: Rutgers Prof Talks About State Of Patient Health in Botswana
Yesterday, about 30 graduate students, faculty and post docs gathered in Rockefeller Hall to hear Rutgers’ Prof. Julia Livingston speak about her experiences with oncology in Botswana’s hospitals.