Health

Hope for HIV prevention as Botswana prepares injectable PrEP rollout

News Reporter - April 22, 20260

Botswana is poised to introduce a new injectable HIV prevention drug that could reshape how people protect themselves against infection particularly those who struggle...

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Government admits to administering substandard TB medication

News Reporter - April 6, 20260

The government has admitted that hundreds of tuberculosis (TB) patients were given medication of reduced effectiveness in 2025. The medication prompted a rise in...

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Medicine stocks fell to 17% during health emergency, Parliament told

News Reporter - March 10, 20260

The public health system was pushed to the brink during last year’s State of Public Health Emergency, with the availability of critical life-saving medicines...

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Botswana Advances Toward Equitable Healthcare With National Health Insurance Reform

News Reporter - March 4, 20260

The engagement on National Health Insurance (NHI) highlighted the shared commitment to transforming Botswana’s health system into one that is equitable, efficient, and people-centred. Speaking...

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Gov’t launches emergency procurement drive for medication

News Reporter - February 25, 20260

The government has rolled out an aggressive emergency procurement programme to stabilise supplies of critical medicines across public health facilities, Minister of Finance Ndaba...

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Health Ministry Grilled Over Withdrawn TB Medication

News Reporter - February 23, 20260

The Ministry of Health has been called upon to explain whether tuberculosis (TB) patients in Botswana were administered medication of reduced effectiveness last year,...

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Gambling Authority Social Club Donates Life-Saving IV Fluids to PMH

News Reporter - February 16, 20260

The Gambling Authority Social Club has handed over a vital donation of 1,200 litres of intravenous (IV) fluid to Princess Marina Hospital. With Botswana’s national...

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Botswana Strengthens Global Ties in Women’s Health at International FIGO Meeting

News Reporter - February 13, 20260

Botswana has taken a significant step toward strengthening maternal and reproductive health services through high-level international engagement at a global obstetrics and gynaecology forum...

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Saleshando critisizes government over failing health system

News Reporter - February 11, 20260

The Leader of Opposition (LOO), Dumelang Saleshando says Batswana are dying not from a lack of funding, but from the collapse of public health...

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Boko’s State of Health Emergency Fails to Offset Deepening Medical Shortages

News Reporter - January 26, 20260

President Duma Boko’s declaration of a state of public health emergency has failed to arrest worsening shortages of medicines, medical supplies and diagnostic services...

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