�Motho Ke Motho Ka Batho Ba Bangwe,� as the saying goes

The 12 years in Botswana, from 1990 - 2002, were the best years of my professional Medical and Public Health Career.

The Botswana experience was the foundation to my teaching on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), University of London postgraduate courses on AIDS since 2005.

I thank the Athlone Hospital Advisory Committee that supported the Athlone AIDS Awareness Project (AAAP) financially and materially from 1990 to 1999, with the culmination of the Athlone Health “Mother Model” Resource Centre, born on 1 December, 1999. Chairperson, Mma Mbulawa, and the Patron Mr Goolam were the unsung heroes at local, Lobatse level.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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