Tuberculosis in Botswana
Friday, April 03, 2015
TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
The disease is curable and preventable.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...