A 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…
Ler maisIn 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…
Ler maisFollowing 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…
Ler maisBotswana 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…
Ler maisIn 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…
Ler maisBotswana 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…
Ler maisBotswana 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…
Ler maisThe World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Botswana’s efforts to establish the End Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Council, a high-level multi-sectoral platform aimed at mobilizing resources,…
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