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…
Category: Health
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.…
Essex NHS trust recruits more than 60 nurses from Botswana
An NHS organisation has offered jobs to a cohort of “committed” nurses from Southern Africa in a positive move to…
Inside the Lab that Identified Omicron
For years, Botswana’s scientists have been on the cutting-edge of research Last year, international attention briefly turned to a lab…
“The Aftermath of Covid” – Understanding the effects after having a Covid-19 Infection
COVID-19 has had so much focus placed on contracting it, and what happens during COVID-19, but how much is truly…
Moderna announces agreement to supply the Republic of Botswana with its COVID-19 vaccine
The supply agreement reflects Moderna’s commitment to making its vaccine available in Africa. Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority issues emergency use…