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Geographical Locations - Botswana
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Country Information
- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 4,762
- CIA World Fact Book : Botswana
Organisations and Networks
UN and Multinational
Government
- Republic of Botswana - Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health aims to improve the physical, mental, and social well being of every Motswana to fully contribute to the development of Botswana through a healthy nation.
Non-Government
- American University International Institute for Health Promotion
Country profile - Botswana
- Ditschwanelo
Ditschwanelo is a locally based advocacy organisation, which was founded in 1993 and which plays a key role in the protection and promotion of human rights in Botswana society. The organisation seeks to educate, research, counsel and mediate on human rights issues, with particular reference to people who are marginalised and disempowered.
- HIV and AIDS in Botswana
AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of AVERTing HIV and AIDS worldwide. This page describes the HIV/AIDS situation in Botswana. It includes a historical analysis, information on prevention and treatment programmes and provides an extensive bibliography.
- Motse Wa Badiri Camphill
Motse Wa Badiri is a charitable NGO that offers vocational training, employment and where necessary, accommodation and social support, to people with mental and physical disabilities.
Academic Institutions
- University of Botswana - Medical Education Unit
The purpose of the Medical Education Unit at the University of Botswana is to direct and coordinate the implementation of the pre-medical programme including support to pre-medical students, liaison with the relevant University departments, and collaboration with superintendents of hospitals and other clinical facilities in the national health system and the management of long-term links with partner medical institutions.
National Policy and Related Documents
Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- 2008 Progress Report of the National Response to the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
Botswana’s Sentinel Surveillance surveys indicate that HIV prevalence has significantly declined, from 37.4% in 2003 to 32.4% in 2006. Also encouraging are notable declines in HIV prevalence among 15–19 and 20–24 year age groups. The 2004 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS II), which recorded HIV prevalence among the general population, showed an estimated HIV prevalence of 17.1%. BAIS III is scheduled to take place in 2008 and the results are expected to confirm the downward trend suggested by Sentinel Surveillance.
- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative Botswana
The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Programme is an initiative of Baylor College of Medicine a private medical and research institution in Texas.
- Establishment of a public antiretroviral treatment clinic for adults in urban Botswana: lessons learned
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are under significant pressure to open large-scale, public antiretroviral treatment clinics. Many lessons have been learned in Botswana, where the first public antiretroviral treatment clinic in Africa was established. The availability of core, well-trained medical staff will be the primary factor that limits a rapid scale-up of antiretroviral treatment programs. [Clinical Infectious Diseases 2005; 40:1041–4]
- Immigrants' and refugees' unmet reproductive health demands in Botswana: Perceptions of public healthcare providers
The healthcare of Batswana (citizens of Botswana) as indicated in the country’s Vision 2016 is one of the top priorities of the government of Botswana, yet Botswana's National Health Policy, the Immigration Policy and the National Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme Framework all are silent on the obligations of the government to provide health services to the immigrant and refugee population. In view of the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Botswana, South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries, it is critical that reproductive health services be as affordable and accessible for the immigrants and refugees as they are for other residents in Botswana. This study measured the views of the primary healthcare providers in Botswana on the perceived reproductive health needs of immigrants and refugees and the availability and accessibility of reproductive healthcare services to the immigrant and refugee populations in the country. This information will be important for policy makers, the government of Botswana and the private sector to shape intervention measures to assist immigrants and refugees in seeking and accessing the desired reproductive health services. [extract from author abstract] [South African Family Practice, 2009; 51(3): 237-243]
- KITSO Aids Training Program, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative
"The KITSO AIDS Training Program provides quality, multidisciplinary, sustainable and standardized training in HIV and AIDS care, crafted specifically for Botswana’s health professionals. KITSO is a collaboration of the Botswana Ministry of Health and the Botswana-HAI Partnership for HIV Research and Education, made possible through support from the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships"
- Public-Private Partnerships and Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV/AIDS: Lessons from Botswana
The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP) played a major role in initiating Botswana’s antiretroviral (ARV) program in 2001. ACHAP is a prominent public-private partnership involving Merck and its foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the government of Botswana. This paper analyzes ACHAP’s efforts to assist Botswana with its ARV program, the first and most advanced in sub-Saharan Africa. It identifies five features of the model and shows how they contributed to the ARV program. It also raises questions about ACHAP’s role in scaling up and sustaining the program, as Botswana faces the challenges of treating growing numbers of HIV-infected people. [author abstract] [Health Affairs, 24, no. 2 (2005): 545-551]
- Routine HIV Testing: A View from Botswana
"Botswana's first year of RHT [routine testing for HIV] has shown an increase in the accessibility of HIV testing and, consequently, in the number of people who have chosen to test. For RHT to be implemented in a manner that makes this increase meaningful, however, it needs to be positioned within a well-designed strategy, including timely and thorough training in the health care sector." [Health and Human Rights, Vol. 8 No. 2, 2005, pp.21-23]
- SMASH - Results of Operations Research Projects in Botswana, Cameroon, Guinea and South Africa
Published in 2000, this report examines Social Marketing for Adolescent Sexual Health (SMASH), an innovative prevention programme for AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies amongst adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Strengthening Healthcare Capacity Through a Responsive, Country-Specific, Training Standard: The KITSO AIDS Training Program’s Sup-port [sic] of Botswana’s National Antiretroviral Therapy Rollout
This article by Christine Bussmann, Philip Rotz, Ndwapi Ndwapi, Daniel Baxter, Hermann Bussmann, C. William Wester, Patricia Ncube, Ava Avalos, Madisa Mine, Elang Mabe, Patricia Burns, Peter Cardiello, Joseph Makhema, and Richard Marlink (published in Open AIDS J. 2008; 2: 10–16) discusses how, "In parallel with the rollout of Botswana’s national antiretroviral therapy (ART) program, the Botswana Ministry of Health established the KITSO AIDS Training Program by entering into long-term partnerships with the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership for HIV Research and Education and others to provide standardized, country-specific training in HIV/AIDS care. The KITSO training model has strengthened human capacity within Botswana’s health sector and been indispensable to successful ART rollout. Through core and advanced training courses and clinical mentoring, different cadres of health care workers have been trained to provide high-quality HIV/AIDS care at all ART sites in the country. Continuous and standardized clinical education will be crucial to sustain the present level of care and successfully address future treatment challenges." [author abstract]
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