Botswana making progress towards achieving UNAIDS target

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The recurrent and development budget proposals of 2018-2019 for the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoH&W) have shown that Botswana is making a progress towards achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets.

Giving his Committee of Supply Speech recently, Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness Dikgang Makgalemele said the country adopted new innovations like HIV self-testing and implementation modalities, which were being worked out.

He pointed out that the ministry, with the assistance of PEPFAR, had been able to develop a Treat-All communication strategy and it was being disseminated to the districts to assist in improving uptake of this initiative.

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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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