Botswana: Matshaba Stresses Working Remotely
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Organisations have been urged to allow employees to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 2, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Ministry Bans Importation of Cloven Hoofed Animals
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security informs farmers, stakeholders and the general public of an official report of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in KwaZulu Natal Province of the Republic of South Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Drones deliver blood to prevent maternal death in Botswana
Drones are providing life-saving care to women in remote parts of the southern African country, Botswana, who otherwise may die in childbirth, thanks to support from the United Nations.
(Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - May 30, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Vaccine Making Idea Welcome
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana has welcomed recommendations that capacity for manufacturing moderna (mRNA) and other vaccines urgently be built in Africa, Latin America and other low and middle-income regions. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 27, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Help Eliminate Malaria - Health Spokesperson
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Ministry of Health and Wellness chief public relations officer, Mr Christopher Nyanga has encouraged Batswana to help eliminate malaria in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 26, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Close to Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission
[Botswana Daily News] Lobatse -- Botswana is close to attaining elimination of the transmission of HIV from mother to child, says acting national coordinator of National AIDS and Health Promotion Agency (NAHPA), Mr Robert Selato. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 26, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Piloting drones to deliver life-saving products for women in rural Botswana
PALAPYE, Botswana –This month, Botswana became the first country in Southern Africa, and the third in Africa, to pilot drone technology for health-care delivery. The Drones for Health pilot project aims to reduce preventable maternal deaths by delivering maternal health supplies and commodities – including essential obstetric care drugs, blood, blood products and laboratory specimens – particularly in hard-to-reach communities and health facilities. (Source: UNFPA News)
Source: UNFPA News - May 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund Source Type: news
Botswana: Piloting Drones to Deliver Life-Saving Products for Women Delivering in Rural Botswana
[UNFPA] PALAPYE -- Botswana, one of Africa's few upper-middle income countries, is the the first country in Southern Africa and the third in Africa to pilot drone technology for health-care delivery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - May 19, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Botswana: Covid-19 Impacts HIV/Aids Services
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Gaborone District AIDS Coordinator, Mr Oageng Batshani, says HIV/AIDS still presents as a problem in the society and people are urged to continue practicing infection prevention methods such as using condoms consistently and correctly. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - May 12, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Botswana: Vaccination Resumes
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The resumption of the vaccination exercise, which resumed Monday, is currently targeting those aged 65 and above. Metsimotlhabe Clinic senior nursing officer, Ms Beryn Kalayamore said the facility had set a daily target of 100. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Kgosi Lauds Govt for Quick Response
[Botswana Daily News] Digawana -- Kgosi Kefitlhile Kgwakgwe of Digawana has lauded the government for acting swiftly to safeguard the lives of the nation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Country At Forefront in Testing Capacity
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Botswana is at the forefront in testing capacity and testing rate in the SADC region, says presidential COVID-19 task force deputy coordinator, Professor Mosepele Mosepele. He said the country's testing capacity and rate was two or three times higher than that of neighbouring countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Avian Flu Outbreak Threatens Chicken Industry
[The Patriot] New avian flu discovered in North West, South Africa (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 29, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Hospitals Fall Apart Due to Covid-19
[The Patriot] MoHW running short of medical supplies (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 29, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'Sickening': Wildlife conservationists outraged after NRA head Wayne LaPierre shoots endangered elephant in Botswana
Video released by the New Yorker and The Trace shows the head of the NRA fatally shooting a now-endangered elephant in Botswana in 2013. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
