TB Bigger Public Health Problem In Botswana

Although Turbeculosis (TB) has been documented as a major health problem in Botswana since the 1950s, it reached its lowest by 1989 with notification rate of 202 per 100 000, a Ministry of Health's national TB programme officer has revealed.

Speaking at a one-day seminar organised by BOTUSA and Botswana Media Women Association (BOMWA) in Gaborone recently, Oaitse Motsamai said from 1989, there was an annual increase of 10 to 15 percent.

Motsamai said the TB notification rate increased to 623 per 100, 000, the highest ever experienced and one of the highest globally.

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