The COVAX question: Blame-shifting or truth-bomb detonations?

It is all a simple error, COVAX authorities say when asked why Botswana does not appear in the last updated list of countries participating in the facility. Run as an arrangement between the World Health Organisation, the GAVI Alliance as well as public and private donors, COVAX involves more than 180 countries grouping together to approach vaccine manufacturers for equitable distribution.

Botswana is one of just five African countries self-financing their participation in COVAX as the rest are supported by either donors or debt. Botswana was also one of the first African countries to pay into COVAX, depositing a reported $7 million last November.