Botswana: Ministry Aims to Reduce Maternal Deaths
[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Ministry of Health and Wellness aims to have reduced the maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100 000 live births by 2030 as per the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target of the World Health Organisation (WHO). (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - September 7, 2020 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Botswana: Target Testing Preferable
[Botswana Daily News] Jwaneng -- Botswana's decision to focus on target testing rather than community testing was informed by scientific findings that coronavirus was highly dynamic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 3, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Contact Tracing On for Six Kang Cases
[Botswana Daily News] Hukuntsi -- Contact tracing is ongoing following the registration of six COVID-19 cases in Kang as at August 31, Kgalagadi north district health management coordinator has revealed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 3, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Botswana: Jwaneng to Conduct Covid-19 Testing At Hotspots
[Botswana Daily News] Jwaneng -- Jwaneng Deputy District Commissioner, Mr Lesang Kgomoetsile has said COVID-19 testing will be conducted at some public places considered to be hotspots, as cases surge, in the tiny mining town. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 2, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Preparedness of civil society in Botswana to advance disability inclusion in programmes addressing gender-based and other forms of violence against women and girls with disabilities - Hanass-Hancock J, Mthethwa N, Molefhe M, Keakabetse T.
BACKGROUND: In low-income and middle-income countries women and girls with disabilities are more likely to experience violence than those without disabilities. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and disabled people's organisations (DPOs) can help to add... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 29, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
