Prevalence and predictors of suicidal behaviours among primary and secondary school going adolescents in Botswana - Forty J, Navaneetham K, Letamo G.
This study used cross... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Changes in hazardous drinking pre, during and post 70-day alcohol sales ban during COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana - Maphisa Maphisa J, Ndlovu TBH.
BACKGROUND: Absolute alcohol sales bans instituted in countries like Botswana provide a rare opportunity for a quasi-natural experiment on how such strict policies influence users' behaviours during the COVID pandemic and beyond. From March 2020 to Septemb... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Our AIDS Response Must Acknowledge and Bridge Gendered Digital Inequalities
In our region, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 63% of the region’s new HIV infections in 2021, write the authors. Credit: ShutterstockBy Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Eva KiwangoJOHANNESBURG, Mar 7 2023 (IPS) Recent crises have pushed the gender inequality gap even wider and new technology has brought new threats to women’s autonomy and safety. This year’s International Women’s Day celebrated under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” is an opportunity to strengthen efforts to uplift and empower women and girls’ digital participat...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Eva Kiwango Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations International Women's Day 2023 Source Type: news
Video from ECR 2023: Thomas Ruder on forensic imaging
VIENNA - What does the work of a forensic radiologist involve? How can you becom...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Virtual reality and postmortem imaging bring crime scenes 'to life'
Botswana study questions accuracy of bone age estimates
AI knee model estimates sex using skeletons from the 1800s
Forensic radiographers describe mental toll (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 6, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Botswana study questions accuracy of bone age estimates
Current approaches for estimating a person's age on x-rays may not be reliabl...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
New study questions reliability of bone age AI
Stick to x-rays for estimating children's bone age, researcher say
ECR: AI can be a useful aid for bone age assessment
AI algorithm speeds up assessment of bone age
Bone age evaluations raise complex issues (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 28, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Swiss Head of State to Visit War-torn Cabo Delgado In Mozambique
[allAfrica] Geneva -- Swiss President Alain Berset will visit the troubled Cabo Delgado province this week during a trip to Mozambique and Botswana. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
“ I Was Blind, But Now I See ” – Celebrating Malawi’s Progress on World NTD Day
Vainesi, a former trachoma trichiasis patient, cheers in celebration knowing that trachoma has been eliminated in Malawi. Vainesi had suffered with the pain caused by trachoma for 10 years before a local disability mobiliser encouraged her to go to the hospital for treatment. By Lazarus McCarthy ChakweraLILONGWE, Jan 30 2023 (IPS) “I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight.
Vainesi is one of millions of Malawians...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera Tags: Africa Development & Aid Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Russia, South Africa and a'redesigned global order': The Kremlin's hearts and minds machine is steaming ahead
Russia and South Africa vowed this week to strengthen bilateral ties and will embark on a joint military exercise next month, coinciding with the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Pretoria as part of an African tour, his second since the…#southafrica #ukraine #russian #sergeilavrov #pretoria #african #botswana #angola #eswatini #western (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Reports New Omicron Subvariant
[Independent (Kampala)] Gaborone -- Botswana has discovered the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, said a government official in a press release issued on Friday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 15, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Diamond Sales Fuel Botswana Budget Surplus as Buyers Shun Russia
(Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HIV Epidemic Control Is Close —But Can We Sustain it?
By Esther Tumbare,
Senior global technical director for HIV ; Olive Apok,
Cluster Technical Manager
A health worker explains medication for a client at an HIV clinic at Escuintla Regional Hospital. Photo by Anna Watts for IntraHealth International.November 30, 2022This summer, we celebrated Botswana for being the first country in Africa with a high HIV burden to attain theUNAIDS 95/95/95 targets for 2030. PEPFAR also announced that at least 12 African countries have reached the 2020 90/90/90 targets.Considering there was a time when many thought Africans were incapable of adhering to antiretroviral treatment, these...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS World AIDS Day Source Type: news
Visibility project for rural communities [conference abstract #34] - Otsogile ME.
Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2022)
Despite increasing motorization in Botswana, the donkey cart is still the main means of transport in the rural areas and is used on a daily basis for transp... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
HIV Prevention: New Injection Could Boost the Fight, But Some Hurdles Remain
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 30, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: External Source Tags: Global Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs #HIV/Aids Source Type: news
Botswana: Botswana Introduces Injectable Antiretrovirals for HIV Treatment
[VOA] Gaborone -- Botswana has approved the use of injectable anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to improve adherence to HIV treatment. Minister of Health Edwin Dikoloti says the injections, given every two months, are more convenient than daily pills, which patients sometimes skip. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Policy, system and practice response to alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in seven countries of the WHO African Region. Brief 9, October 2022.
This Snapshot describes and synthesizes the policy changes in alcohol policies, systems and practices adopted by seven African countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Measures implemented to address the acceptability of alcohol focused on restricting consumption, raising awareness or restricting advertising. Many governments enacted public health restrictions such as changing business hours, closing bars and restaurants and issuing stay-at-home orders that restricted the availability of alcohol. Very few countries implemented regulatory changes...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
