Joblessness to slow poverty reduction - World Bank
Friday, October 20, 2017
Botswana’s poverty levels, which depicts the number of people living on $1.9 or less per day, currently stands at 12.7%.
In a Macro Poverty outlook report released recently, the World Bank projects poverty levels to decline by 0.7 percentage point annually to reach 10.6% of the population by 2019.
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...