'Do Not Cup Your Mouth In your Hand(s) When You Cough'

FRANCISTOWN: People who do not cover their mouth when coughing are considered rude and uncouth and parents are known to spank their children if they do so.

But how many people know that cupping one's hands when one is coughing is also an unhelpful practice?

This emerged at a two-day BOTUSA and Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) workshop in Francistown last week where an expert said Botswana was one of the countries with the highest incidences of tuberculosis.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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