Botswana on road to achieving health-for-all

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Botswana is well on the way to reaching its target of health-for-all, a Nurses Association of Botswana (NAB) official has said.

NAB executive secretary Geetha Feringa said that Botswana has committed itself to Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy for the attainment of health-for-all. She said that Botswana has set criteria of having a health facility within 15km of a settlement.

She was speaking as NAB prepares to celebrate Nurses Day on June 12, on the theme: Delivering quality, serving communities: Nurses leading Primary Health Care.

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