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Southern Africa Reaffirms Commitment to Protect Every Child against Vaccine Preventable Diseases during the 25th ICCC Meeting in Botswana

Jwaneng, Botswana | 9–11 December 2025Health leaders and polio…

Pandemic Fund Subregional Forum in Gaborone, 9-10 December 2025

Southern Africa tackles climate-driven disease threats through Pandemic Fund grant

Gaborone, Botswana - Eight Southern African countries – Botswana…

Botswana Signs National AMR Action Plan During World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Commemoration

Palapye, 4 December 2025Botswana has taken a decisive step in its…

Botswana’s National Action Plan for Health Security

WHO Botswana and BPHI Advance National Health Security Through NAPHS Validation and Costing Workshop

Gaborone, Botswana | 10–14 November

2024 STEPS Survey in Botswana

What the STEPS Survey Reveals About Health in Botswana

Botswana’s health profile is changing—and not always in ways we would…

Honorable Acting Minister of Health, Mr Lawrence Ookeditse, signing the commitment for the implementation of the One Health National Strategy

Momentous step for One Health initiative in Botswana

Botswana reaches a significant milestone in fostering the multi-…

Kasane International Airports - IHR core capacities assessment

Botswana Intensifies Health Security with Crucial Border Capacity Assessment

Gaborone, Botswana – The Ministry of Health (MoH), supported by the…

BoMRA Takes Major Step Towards WHO Maturity Level 3 with Assisted Self-Benchmarking

WHO assisted self-benchmarking of BoMRA: A major step towards BOMRA’s attainment of WHO Maturity Level 3

The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA) successfully…

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WHO presents key report to Minister of Health on Botswana’s blood transfusion

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently presented a report to…

WHO Representative Dr. Fabian Ndezako engaging with Ms. Wenyan Yang, the new UN Resident Coordinator in Botswana

UN Leaders engage WHO Botswana to strengthen coordination and multilateral collaboration

In an expression of strengthened partnership and renewed commitment…