Bummhi

Bummhi Bummhi is a citizen-led and governed NGO providing health systems strengthening
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19/10/2023

Join us as we discuss how Cervical Cancer can be Prevented ?

13/10/2023

Join ๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐š as he discusses ๐‡๐ˆ๐• ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ On ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”, with ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง. Tune into this episode and lets work together to end HIV.

12/10/2023
05/10/2023

Today's Discussion: Factors leading to low uptake of cervical cancer screening.. Live
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๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐งIn preparation for the upcomi...
29/09/2023

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง

In preparation for the upcoming Cervical Cancer campaign, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with Bummhi hosted a stakeholders meeting at Avani Resort at Gaborone on the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘. The one day gathering was attended by different key stakeholders including: University of Botswana(UB), UNFPA, , different departments from Ministry of Health such as Lab, Health Informatics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Health Promotion, Youth and Sexual Reproduction Health etc.

When officiating the meeting, the Chief Medical Officer(Ministry of Health)- ๐‘ซ๐’“ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’–๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’–๐’๐’‚ emphasized that he is delighted that this meeting will mark the first step in the right direction to collaborate in the implementation of life-saving interventions that will potentially help bring Botswana closer to eliminating cervical cancer. Mr Maduke further disclosed that Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Botswana will be the face and ambassador for the campaign. He expressed that the joint venture between Cervical cancer program and the First Lady will improve access to cervical cancer screening, early detection and treatment.

The campaignโ€™s primary objectives include to promote cervical cancer screening among eligible target targets groups, render services as well as treat all women who are eligible. The campaign will target not only eligible women but also their partners and gatekeepers within different communities. The campaign will be promoted under the slogan "๐‘บ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†," signifying the importance of screening as a means to save lives. The upcoming campaign is scheduled to run from ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.

๐‘ด๐’”. ๐‘ฒ. ๐‘ด. ๐‘น๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’‘๐’Š โ€“ Chief Health Officer(Ministry of Health ) further went onto present the National Cervical Cancer Program overview and said that cervical cancer is highly preventable and efforts ought to be made to educate the public on prevention measures and create opportunities for continuity of care.

Bummhiโ€™s Cervical Cancer Prevention Technical Lead- ๐‘ด๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’”๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’† went onto discuss how Bummhi provides technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in the fight against cervical cancer. He highlighted Bummhi's support in critical areas, including generating demand, facilitating referrals and linkages, conducting cervical cancer screening, treating pre-cancerous conditions, improving quality, and monitoring and evaluation. Mr. Kgaswanyane reiterated Bummhi's unwavering commitment to supporting the Ministry of Health in its mission to reduce and ultimately eliminate cervical cancer.

Dr. Kula emphasized the need for all stakeholders to unite in the fight against cervical cancer, recognizing that collective efforts are essential to achieving the goal of elimination.

In closing, ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’•๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’“๐’‚ (Director of Clinical Services and Project Epidemiologist) from Bummhi expressed gratitude to all representatives from different ministries recognizing the pivotal roles they play as stakeholders in scaling up and creating demand for the cervical cancer campaign. Their collaboration and commitment are vital in the shared mission to combat cervical cancer and protect the health of women across the nation.



๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐€๐ƒ๐‚๐€๐’Earlier this week the National TB Reference ...
29/09/2023

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐€๐ƒ๐‚๐€๐’

Earlier this week the National TB Reference Laboratory was approved for continued accreditation status to the ISO 15189:2012. This recognition comes after a scheduled assessment visit conducted by a team of assessors form Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services(SADCAS).

The continued maintenance to the accreditation status by the laboratory is a clear demonstration of a quality management system that is mature. This place the laboratory as a good testimony to commitment to quality services to the doctors and the patients. Other benefits of accreditation to the laboratory also includes strategic positioning of the laboratory as a cornerstone of collaboration with other research institutions.

The accreditation follows recent recognition by the Botswana HIV reference Laboratory as a World Health Organisation collaborating centre.

Mr. Maruping, Principal Medical Scientific Officer for the National TB Reference Laboratory, expressed his enthusiasm for these achievements, emphasizing that they underscore commitment to providing medical decisions based on quality outcomes. These accomplishments would not have been possible without the support of key stakeholders, including CDC Botswana, Bummhi, Victus Global Botswana, and Uganda Supra National Laboratory

๐’๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐งIn an effort to sensitize Government ...
22/09/2023

๐’๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง

In an effort to sensitize Government of Botswana (GOB) ministries on Cervical cancer prevention interventions and provide an update on the National Cervical Cancer Prevention Program (NCCPP) implementation status as well as the upcoming campaigns, a collaborative meeting was convened by Ministry of Health (MOH) in partnership with Bummhi. This one-day meeting took place at the President Hotel in Gaborone on ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘. The attendees of the meeting included SHE Officers and Youth Officers from various ministries.

In his welcome remarks, ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’…๐’–๐’Œ๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’–๐’๐’‚, the Chief Medical Officer (Ministry of Health), emphasized the importance of bringing together different stakeholders with a common goal, which he referred to as "one health." He explained that the "one health" slogan signifies a collaborative and multi-sectoral approach aimed at achieving optimal health outcomes. Dr. Kula also acknowledged ongoing challenges in the NCCPP, such as continuous low screening rates and a high burden of cervical cancer among women in hard-to-reach areas. He stressed the need to address these challenges and implement life-saving interventions, which is the primary purpose of the upcoming Cervical Cancer campaign.

The campaign's objectives are to promote cervical screening among all eligible target groups, provide cervical cancer prevention services to all eligible women, and ensure that all eligible women receive treatment. The campaign will target not only eligible women but also their partners and gatekeepers within different communities. The campaign will be promoted under the slogan "๐‘บ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†," signifying the importance of screening as a means to save lives. The upcoming campaign is scheduled to run from ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.

๐‘ด๐’”. ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘น๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’‘๐’Š (Chief Health Officer- Ministry of Health) presented an overview of the National Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, highlighting its goal which is to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with cervical cancer. She emphasized the World Health Organization (WHO) objective of eliminating cervical cancer by 2030, referred to as the "๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ" target:
-๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ% of girls in the age group 9-13 should be fully vaccinated against Human Papillomavirus (HPV).
-๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ% of women should undergo cervical cancer screening.
-๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ% of women identified with pre-cervical cancer and invasive cancer should receive treatment.
She said as a country we should strive to achieve these targets in order to eliminate cervical cancer.

๐‘ด๐’“. ๐‘ป๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’”๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’๐’†- Cervical Cancer Prevention Technical Lead (Bummhi) , highlighted Bummhiโ€™s continued support to the NCCPP which started in October 2022. He further said Bummhi continues to support the Ministry of Health by offering technical expertise on the Cervical Cancer program. Mr Kgaswanyane alluded to the fact that they support the Ministry in different areas such as creating demand, integration of cervical cancer screening with other programs, and ensuring smooth referrals and linkage of eligible patients for comprehensive care among others. Bummhi stands firmly committed to supporting MOH in reducing and ultimately eliminating cervical cancer-related morbidity and mortality.

Dr. Kula went on to discuss the natural history of cervical cancer, attributing it to prolonged infection with Human Papillomavirus (HPV). He identified factors that increase a woman's susceptibility to cervical cancer, including early sexual in*******se, multiple sexual partners, exposure to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), smoking, and immunosuppression.

In closing, ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’•๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’ ๐‘ฒ๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’“๐’‚ (Director of Clinical Services and Project Epidemiologist) from Bummhi expressed gratitude to all representatives from different ministries recognizing the pivotal roles they play as stakeholders in scaling up and creating demand for the cervical cancer campaign. Their collaboration and commitment are vital in the shared mission to combat cervical cancer and protect the health of women across the nation.




08/09/2023

Join ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ discusses ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†๐Ÿค” ๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“, with ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง. Tune into this episode and lets work together to break to end ๐‘ฎ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†.

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The HealthDose

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐‘๐‚๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šThe 73rd Session of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
30/08/2023

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐‘๐‚๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘) ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š

The 73rd Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa has assembled from ๐‘จ๐’–๐’ˆ๐’–๐’”๐’• 28๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ 1๐’”๐’•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, at the Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC)- Botswana. This important assembly aimed to foster dialogue, collaborative decision-making, and consensus-building to address the multifaceted health challenges prevailing across the African continent. Distinguished attendees, including African Health Ministers, governmental representatives, and healthcare experts, gathered to provide a crucial platform for advancing health and well-being throughout the region.

The five day conference, commenced with an inaugural address by His Excellency Mokgweetsi E. Masisi, the President of the Republic of Botswana. President Masisi alluded to the substantial challenges faced by Africa, such as poverty and food insecurity amongst other things, and highlighted their profound impact on the overall health of the population. He underscored the urgency of forging partnerships and collaborative efforts not only to enhance healthcare but also to achieve broader developmental goals essential for the continent's advancement.

Over the course of the event, attendees engaged in a comprehensive array of discussions, centering on addressing prevalent health issues that hinder Africa's progress. Of note among these deliberations were strategies to combat diseases like malaria and polio, which continue to pose significant health risks across various regions in Africa. The conference emphasized the crucial role of bolstering primary healthcare services, recognizing their significance in ensuring equal healthcare access for all individuals.

The conference agenda also prominently featured nutrition and food, acknowledging their intrinsic link to health outcomes. Delegates deliberated on innovative approaches to enhance nutrition across the continent, thereby addressing challenges such as stunting, malnutrition, and related health issues. Acknowledging the interconnected nature of these challenges. Discussions encompassed multifaceted strategies, encompassing the strengthening of health systems, preparedness for health emergencies, and response mechanisms.

Participants compared notes throughout the event so as to enlighten each other on how they manage various interventions. The diverse range of perspectives and experiences contributed to a comprehensive understanding of the challenges at hand, resulting in the formulation of recommendations.

The Minister of Health for Botswana, Honourable Dr. Edwin Dikoloti was elected as the chairperson of the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC73), he will serve in this office for one year where he will be chairing the business of health in Africa.



๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐ˆ๐•/๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐‚๐ƒ๐ฌ)In an endeavo...
23/08/2023

๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐‡๐ˆ๐•/๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ (๐๐‚๐ƒ๐ฌ)

In an endeavor to keep stakeholders up-to-date of the Ministry of Health's initiatives, the HIV/AIDS division is currently hosting a comprehensive three-day workshop. ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‘/๐˜ผ๐™„๐˜ฟ๐™Ž ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‰๐˜พ๐˜ฟ๐™จ. Notable attendees include representatives from the Ministry of State President, Department of Broadcasting Services, Department of Attorney General Chambers, Ministry of Education and Skills Development, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Gender Affairs and Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Tourism, just to mention a few.

The core objective of this workshop, which commenced yesterday(22nd August 2023), is to educate ministerial AIDS coordinators on the latest developments in HIV programs. ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐ƒ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, also alluded that the workshop seeks to enhance the understanding of health services concerning HIV and NCDs, with the goal of fostering proactive rather than reactive responses.

๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ค๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž- ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, underlined the importance of this initiative in her opening remarks. She emphasized the Ministry's dedication to revitalizing primary healthcare structures and transitioning towards a preventive healthcare model. Dr. Thokwane stressed, "๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š.โ€ She underlined the interconnected nature of social determinants of health, stressing that activities across various ministries significantly impact the health sector.

Among the updates shared during the workshop is the integration of NCDs into the scope of the HIV division. Notably, the workshop featured presentations, including one on HIV Testing Services. This presentation highlighted a gap; men lagging behind in seeking health services. To address this, it is with hope that the Ministry of Gender Affairs assists in ways to promote better health-seeking behavior in men.

The workshop's outcomes are intended to spread further. As participants return to their ministries, they will collaborate with partners to broaden the reach of these initiatives.

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ On the 21st of August 2023, 81 ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™™...
21/08/2023

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

On the 21st of August 2023, 81 ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™'๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ. This graduation ceremony took place at Travel Lodge- Gaborone.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ค๐™—๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™› ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™™.

By adopting a practical, hands-on approach to Inservice training, the initiative not only drives efficiency but also ensures the ongoing development of human resources for health capacity building.

Impressively, the program boasts a graduation pass rate of 96%, a testament to its efficacy. During the graduation ceremony, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ. โ€œ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™š๐™จ, ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ.โ€ Said Professor Mosepele Mosepele. He commended the graduates for their dedication and resilience.

Professor Mosepele drew attention to the healthcare system's gaps, particularly in light of the recent BAIS V results. Despite significant awareness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), accessibility remains limited. In this, lies a call to action for the graduates to embed PrEP within primary healthcare services to curb new HIV infections.

For his part, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐๐ฐ๐š๐ฉ๐ข, ๐‚๐„๐Ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ก๐ข, acknowledged Botswana's remarkable strides in HIV epidemic control .He noted that the critical focus is strengthening program-level competencies in order to fulfill the UNAIDS' mission of eliminating HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Dr. Ndwapi highlighted a significant milestone, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™—๐™š๐™ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™‹๐™€๐™‹๐™๐˜ผ๐™'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™๐™ž ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š. ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™–๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™›๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‘ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฃ-๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™—๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‘.

The graduation celebrated more than just the 81 clinicians, it also showcased the transformative power of collaborative healthcare education.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š- ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ฌ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐€๐ˆ๐’ ๐• ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญIn a si...
18/08/2023

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š- ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ฌ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐€๐ˆ๐’ ๐• ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ

In a significant stride towards combating HIV/AIDS in Botswana, His Honour Mr. Slumber Tsogwane, the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana and the chairperson of the National AIDS and Health Promotion Council, officially unveiled the BAIS V report on ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ at ๐‘น๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ -๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’˜๐’†๐’๐’ˆ.

This is a survey which is done every five years to assess disease prevalence, incidence and assess the coverage and impact of HIV services at the national household level. Botswana being one of the countries in Southern Africa that has one of the highest prevalence of 28.8% has made significant strides in implementing different HIV interventions. The nation's approach has made remarkable progress in implementing diverse HIV interventions which encompasses a comprehensive strategy that integrates education, prevention, and robust care and treatment programs.

Commending Botswana's achievement of surpassing the UNAIDS target of 95-95-95, ๐‘ด๐’“. ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜๐’‚๐’“๐’… ๐‘ฝ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฝ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ผ๐‘บ ๐‘จ๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’๐’•๐’”๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’‚, applauded the nation's impressive score of 95-98-97.9. He reaffirmed the commitment of the United States Government to supporting Botswana through technical assistance, mentorship, and other forms of assistance, highlighting the strong partnership between the two countries.

When presenting key findings of the survey, ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ถ๐’Œ๐’–๐’Š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’–๐’๐’•๐’“๐’š ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† (๐‘ผ๐‘ด๐‘ฉ) , highlighted a disparity in infection rates, with women bearing a higher burden at a prevalence rate of 26.2%, compared to men at 15.2%. She further emphasized HIV risk factors that contribute to new infections which include having more than one lifetime partner and early sexual debut.

The ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’• ๐‘ด๐’“. ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’”๐’๐’ˆ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’† stressed the need for action to identify gaps and propose interventions to address them. He also highlighted the opportunity to recognize achievements, acknowledge ongoing challenges, and unite for an HIV-free future.

During the closing remarks, ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘ฌ๐’…๐’˜๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ด๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰, emphasized that as Botswana continues its journey towards an AIDS-free generation, collaborative efforts between non-governmental organizations and civil societies remain crucial. The launch of the BAIS V report signifies Botswana's unwavering commitment to eradicating the epidemic and ensuring the health and prosperity of its people.




17/08/2023

Media engagement by Principal Investigators

The launch will be graced by His Honour the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana- Mr Slumber Tsogwane.
17/08/2023

The launch will be graced by His Honour the Vice President of the Republic of Botswana- Mr Slumber Tsogwane.

17/08/2023

BIAS V Report Launch

Finally, the day we have been waiting for is here!! โŒ›๏ธ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’ƒ??
17/08/2023

Finally, the day we have been waiting for is here!! โŒ›๏ธ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’ƒ??





The clock is ticking โณ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to the BAIS V Report Launch.
16/08/2023

The clock is ticking โณ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ to the BAIS V Report Launch.





48 hours leftโณAre you ready??
15/08/2023

48 hours leftโณAre you ready??




We are almost there ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ.  72 hours โณleft for its arrival.
14/08/2023

We are almost there ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ. 72 hours โณleft for its arrival.




10/08/2023

Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V) final report To be launched on August 17th

10/08/2023

The Health Dose on Rb2.. Preps for the teenage pregnancy campaign that is to take place @ Shoshong on the 14th-15th of August 2023

๐”๐’ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ  ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง'๐™จ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ˆ๐• ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐› ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œA significant meeting transpired on the 8t...
09/08/2023

๐”๐’ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง'๐™จ ๐“๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ˆ๐• ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐› ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ

A significant meeting transpired on the 8th of August 2023, , ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™Ž ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–'๐™จ ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‘ ๐™๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™‡๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜.

Ms. Julia Ngidi, the Lab Manager, conveyed her gratitude for the essential support provided by the Presidentโ€™s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a driving force behind the National HIV Reference Laboratoryโ€™s evolution. The delegates from the US Congress were given a comprehensive tour of the lab's advanced facilities, including the Viral Load Lab, Early Infant Diagnosis Lab and HIV Drug Resistance Lab.

The exploration extended to Bontleng Clinic, a critical establishment offering ARV services since 2003. The delegation had the opportunity to witness the clinic's integral features, encompassing a youth-friendly clinic, the HIV screening and testing services and a dedicated cervical cancer screening facility.

In this meeting, Ms. Mary Vigil, a distinguished member of the US Congress, acknowledged Botswana's achievements in public health. She celebrated the nation's success in surpassing the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, boasting an impressive 95-97.9 -98 score and earning the silver tier for eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™Ž ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™™๐™œ๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–'๐™จ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ'๐™จ ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™š๐™›๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ.

04/08/2023

Have you ever pondered over what could be the barriers to ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐•๐Œ๐Œ๐‚)??๐Ÿค” ๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’, ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง and guest speaker ๐€๐จ๐›๐š๐ค๐ฐ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ shed light on one of the barriers to VMMC.. Tune into this episode and lets work together to break these barriers.๐Ÿ’ช

๐Ÿ“๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ Media Engagement on the highly anticipated 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC73). ...
04/08/2023

๐Ÿ“๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ

Media Engagement on the highly anticipated 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC73).
Join us on our Facebook live stream to watch the media engagement.
โžก๏ธhttps://fb.watch/mcq62oHxc1/?mib

03/08/2023

PrEP for Adolescent Girls and Young Women.. Featuring Ms Connie Malesela and Co-host Joseph Bibiza

๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ...
02/08/2023

๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ

๐ˆ๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”.๐’. ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š, ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐€. ๐•๐š๐ง ๐•๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ง, ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘.
The ambassador's visit held a primary objective of conducting an immersive tour of the hospital's facilities, highlighting key areas in HIV prevention, including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), and Cervical Cancer Screening. Additionally, the ambassador explored the recently accredited laboratory, a prestigious accomplishment acknowledged by the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS).

In a warm welcome to the U.S. Ambassador, the Assistant Minister of Health, Honorable Sethomo Lelatisitswe, hailed Botswana's impressive progress in surpassing the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets. He attributed the nation's recent silver tier award for eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission to the unwavering support from the United States.

โ€œThe U.S. support in our healthcare system touches a number of areas, but the pivotal support has been in the area of HIV/AIDS," Mr. Lelatisitswe emphasized, highlighting the importance of international collaboration in advancing Botswana's healthcare endeavors.

In his address, U.S. Ambassador Mr. Howard A. Van Vranken applauded the dedication and hard work of the Scottish Livingstone Hospital staff, which led to the prestigious accreditation of the laboratory by SADCAS. He emphasized that this remarkable achievement showcased the power of collaboration and technical assistance in driving progress and improving healthcare standards.

Moreover, the U.S. Ambassador highlighted the significant role played by the Botswana government's leadership and strategic partnerships in controlling the HIV epidemic. "๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ƒ๐™„๐™‘ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฃ-๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ง๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ," ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™—๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™‘๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™‘๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ. He reaffirmed that such dedication has played a pivotal role in achieving the country's healthcare milestones, particularly in surpassing the 95-95-95 targets set by UNAIDS.

In rendering the closing remarks, the council Chair, Mr Allen Jacobs, expressed heartfelt gratitude and acknowledged the continuous support from the U.S. He underscored the importance of sustainable collaboration among stakeholders and partners in advancing healthcare services in Botswana.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™.๐™Ž. ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™—๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™–๐™™๐™ค๐™ง'๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™—๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง.




01/08/2023

United States of America Ambassadorโ€™s Visit to Scottish Livingstone Hospital

28/07/2023

๐Ÿ“ข Don't miss our ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ of ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ก๐ข ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ! Join ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง and guest speaker ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž-๐Œ๐š๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฃ๐š as they discuss ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐‡๐๐•)! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ข Don't miss our ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ of ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ก๐ข ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ! Join ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง and guest speaker ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž-๐Œ๐š๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฃ๐š as they ...
27/07/2023

๐Ÿ“ข Don't miss our ๐’๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐„๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ of ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ก๐ข ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ! Join ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ž๐ง and guest speaker ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž-๐Œ๐š๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฃ๐š as they discuss ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐‡๐๐•) tomorrow at ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ! ๐ŸŒŸ

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