Botswana is taking a significant step towards strengthening brain health and advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through preparations for the national Mental, Neurological and Substance Use (MNS) Access to Medicine…
Read moreA ten-day field mission to all eight of the country's wastewater sampling sites found the system running and samples reaching the laboratory within international time limits, but flagged weak spots in sample quality, wor…
Read moreIn the first days of July 2026, a multi-sectoral team comprising the Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI), the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, the Ministry of Lands and Ag…
Read moreFollowing the ongoing outbreak of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with reported cross-border transmission into neighbouring Uganda, countries across the African Region have i…
Read moreBotswana has taken an important step towards evidence-based health workforce planning through the successful implementation of a five-day Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) technical mission from 15-19 June 2026…
Read moreIn response to the continued circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) in neighboring countries, Botswana implemented two rounds of Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIAs) to strengthen population immu…
Read moreBotswana has strengthened multisectoral collaboration for health security through a National Bridging Workshop that brought together experts from the human, animal and environmental health sectors to develop a joint road…
Read moreBotswana has taken a significant step towards strengthening evidence-informed health policymaking through the launch of the Botswana Data-to-Policy (D2P) Capacity Strengthening Initiative, a collaborative effort led by t…
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