Health

Botswana’s government commemorated ‘National Toilet Day’ under the theme, ‘Sanitation in a Changing World,’ at Wagga Gardens, Gaborone.

Dr. Kegalale Jocelyn Gasennelwe, 84 a distinguished leader, public servant, and community builder who devoted her life to advancing education, health, and human development in Botswana, will be laid to rest on Friday in Kanye.

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has signed an MOU with Botswana’s Ministry of Youth and Gender; and Ministry of Home of Affairs, themed “Reimagining Adolescence and Youth Development” at Hotel 430 in Gaborone, Botswana.

Amidst rising tensions between the government and its doctors concerning salaries, the Assistant Minister of Health, Lawrence Oookediste, delivered the keynote address at the second Botswana Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Congress on Friday 23rd May at the Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital. 

The Ministry of Health launched the long anticipated “National Health Insurance Stake Holders Engagement Launch,” at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital Tuesday.

The 44 Botswana victims of a bus accident that plunged 50 meter from a bridge at Mokopane on the 28th March 2024, near Mmamatlakala in the Limpopo province in South Africa and burst into flames were buried today in Molepolole with over 5000 people clad in black mourning in solidarity with their families and loved ones at the Molepolole Sports Complex.

Botswana joined hands with nations across the globe to commemorate the launch of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) and reinforce the importance of vaccination in safeguarding communities against infectious diseases.