'Botswana winning HIV/Aids battle under Masisi'
Friday, March 29, 2019
When he assumed office Masisi, vowed to step up the fight to end HIV/AIDS in Botswana. Then, the President acknowledged that complacency was the reason the country’s efforts to fight the endemic have failed to bear any fruit.
“The courage we once showed is slowly fading away, and now is the time to revitalise our programmes and energise our individual capabilities to end this scourge,” Masisi said in his keynote speech on the 2018 World AIDS Day in Mochudi village.
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...