Southern African countries launch climate-resilient health initiative with WHO support
11 April 2025 Eight Southern African countries have embarked on a landmark effort to bolster emergency preparedness and response systems…
Category: Health
Botswana hosts major hemp Indaba to chart regulatory way forward
31 March 2025 Up to 300 delegates are expected to descend on the Ba Isago Convention Centre on April 5…
Botswana reports surge in malaria cases
27 March 2025 Botswana has reported a significant spike in malaria cases over the past four weeks, the southern African…
Botswana undertakes Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment: A move towards a resilient health system on impacts of climate change
10 February 2025 The Government of Botswana conducted a Climate Change Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment in selected districts to…
LEA eyes hemp production incubator
11 December 2024 The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) has announced plans to establish a hemp production incubator, marking a shift…
Botswana, US firm partner to conduct border pathogen monitoring
12 September 2024 Botswana and an American biotech firm, Ginkgo Bioworks, have partnered to conduct pathogen surveillance at the country’s…
Botswana launches free gyms to help citizens keep fit
4 August 2024 A free outdoor community gym, located near the low-income and high-density suburb of Block 7 in Francistown,…
Mad about Morula: 8 Interesting facts about this magical tree and its fruit
3 August 2024 Did you know that the Morula tree is Botswana’s national symbol? In 2014, the morula tree was…
Botswana adopts injectable drug for HIV treatment
3 February 2024 Botswana has adopted the use of long-acting antiretroviral injectables for HIV treatment, the country’s Health Minister Edwin…
Promoting Excellence in Healthcare: Botswana launches National Laboratory Strategic Plan
31 October 2023 It aims to modernise and upgrade laboratory infrastructure to better standards, ensuring the safe and efficient handling…
Clinics on wheels
3 October 2023 The government of Botswana led by Minister of Health, Edwin Dikoloti and the United States Ambassador to…
Botswana lab known for identifying Omicron variant receives new recognition
22 September, 2023 When the lab of the Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership produced the first genetic sequence of the…
Botswana: Doctor-turned-entrepreneur seizes healthcare opportunities
When Matlhogonolo Mongwa-Mouwane founded Kalafhi Medical Center in Botswana in 2018, she kept costs to a minimum. She was the…
Botswana Opens its First Public Radiotherapy Centre, With IAEA Support
Botswana has established its first public radiotherapy centre – an important step in providing accessible health services for its people…
Ministry of Health makes pitch for universal healthcare
1 August 2023 Batswana may soon have access to world class health care without having to break the bank. That…
Ginkgo Bioworks and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Botswana Announce Pathogen Monitoring Program at Key Ports of Entry
17 July 2023 Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, and the…
Francistown Academic Hospital opens
29 June 2023 Last Thursday, Francistown Academic Hospital officially opened its doors to the public. The private hospital lies along…
Flight services bring vital medical treatment to remote areas of Botswana
18 May 2023 Botswana’s remote healthcare revolution supported by flight services In a significant development, approximately 45,000 patients in Botswana’s…
Botswana introduces e-locker medicine dispensing programme
Botswana’s health ministry has launched a digital medicine dispensing programme in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city. GABORONE, April 1 (Xinhua) —…
Botswana launches digital healthcare system programme
GABORONE, March 1 (Xinhua) — The government of Botswana on Tuesday launched the digitalisation of its health service project with…
Ginkgo Bioworks and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Botswana announce plans to develop and implement new biosecurity capabilities in Botswana
Collaboration aims to leverage innovative biosecurity capabilities to promote public health, global health security and the development of the bioeconomy…
Experts advise Botswana to harness traditional medicine
The Ministry of Health (MoH) recently held the second National Health Research Symposium at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC).…
Botswana introduces injectable antiretrovirals for HIV treatment
Botswana has approved the use of injectable anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to improve adherence to HIV treatment. Minister of Health, Dr…
Botswana’s Kalafhi Medical Centre edges closer to smart hospital goal
Botswana healthcare brand Kalafhi Medical Centre has contracted global healthcare technology company Ever Medical Technologies to roll out various software…
Medlane Healthcare opens mobile mammography unit – the first of its kind in Botswana
With breast cancer being the number one killer among Batswana women, Medlane Healthcare in Gaborone joined hands with First Capital…
Hundreds of Botswana nurses apply to work overseas
An undisclosed number of Batswana nurses, running into hundreds, have reportedly put in applications to work in the United Kingdom.…