India partners Botswana in health care delivery
Friday, March 03, 2017
Indian expertise in healthcare and hospitals and related systems development in an affordable and adaptable avatar has the potential to bring about faster transformation of healthcare in Africa. Indians’ wider acceptance especially in Anglo-phonic Africa countries and Indian Diaspora in these countries has laid a fertile ground for raising Indian assistance in healthcare in these countries.
There is long standing cooperation between India and Botswana in the health sector. First installment of grant-in-aid in the health sector, in the form of long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets, worth Pula 1.35 million was handed over to the Botswana authorities in November 2011.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...