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๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐งPublic health vigi...
11/12/2025

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Public health vigilance remains a top priority for Botswana as the rainy season progresses. Botswana Public Health Instituteโ€™s latest Week 48 update shows that while malaria and diarrhoea with dehydration remain under control, influenza-like illness is currently on alert with 7,964 cases recorded during this period, underscoring the importance of early careโ€‘seeking and prevention measures such as hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette.

The Institute has also intensified regional surveillance after Namibia reported 13 suspected cholera cases, of which 7 are laboratory confirmed, 3 discarded and 3 still pending results, prompting strengthened monitoring and screening at Botswanaโ€™s points of entry. Together with communities and partners, BPHI is working to detect threats early, protect lives, and keep Botswana and the region safe.

๐๐๐‡๐ˆ, ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง. ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐จ...
09/12/2025

๐๐๐‡๐ˆ, ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ง. ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ข. ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š. ๐“๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. #๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ #๐Ž๐ง๐ž๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก #๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก

#๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž | ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค.๐ŸฆŸ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š...
02/12/2025

#๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž | ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค.

๐ŸฆŸ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค. ๐’๐ข๐ฑ (๐Ÿ”) ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐•๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ.

๐Ÿค’ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š-๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ): ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ% ๐๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ–,๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ’ง ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌโ€”๐‚๐ก๐จ๐›๐ž, ๐Œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ โ€”๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐. ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐. ๐‹๐ž๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ.

01/12/2025
๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐€ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง. โœ… ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š & ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ.๐ŸŸก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘...
26/11/2025

๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐€ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง. โœ… ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š & ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ.

๐ŸŸก ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š-๐‹๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ–,๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ).
๐ŸŒ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š, ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐  ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค.
๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก - ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž. ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ! #๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž #๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐…๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ญ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ #๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š #๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐ฌ

๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“: ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‘๐‘๐‡๐„๐€ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„Our National Surveillance System indicates increased cases of diarrheal disease in se...
19/11/2025

๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“: ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‘๐‘๐‡๐„๐€ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„

Our National Surveillance System indicates increased cases of diarrheal disease in several districts. Here is the situation for the past week:

๐Ÿšจ ACTION REQUIRED
โ€ข Moshupa District has crossed the ACTION threshold.

Alert Status:
โ€ข Four districts are on ALERT: Ngami, Tsabong, Mabutsane, and Charleshill.

Key Prevention Measures:

โœ… Wash hands frequently with soap and water.
โœ… Cook food thoroughly and avoid raw foods.
โœ… Avoid swimming in or drinking contaminated water.
โœ… Seek medical attention promptly if you experience symptoms.

๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“: ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐๐”๐‘๐† ๐•๐ˆ๐‘๐”๐’ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐€

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Ethiopia's Ministry of Health has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease.

Marburg is a severe and often fatal illness. While there are no cases in Botswana, we are monitoring the situation closely and enhancing our border surveillance.

Key Information:
Transmission: Spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected individuals.

Symptoms include:
High Fever
Severe Headache
Muscle Aches
Often Severe Bleeding

๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐–๐ž ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Let's stay informed and protect our health together. Share this bulletin to keep our communities safe.

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ
19/11/2025

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ

Antimicrobial resistance is driven largely by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials.
Itโ€™s . Letโ€™s work together to prevent AMR.
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟhttp://bit.ly/AMRweek2025


Ministry of Health,Botswana World Health Organization African Region Ministry of Lands and Agriculture Botswana Public Health Institute World Organisation for Animal Health

18/11/2025

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ

๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐๐€๐๐‡๐’ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒThe Botsw...
14/11/2025

๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐๐€๐๐‡๐’ ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

The Botswana Public Health Institute is proud to announce the successful completion of the strategic Validation and Costing exercise for the Botswana National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS).

This crucial plan enhances our nationโ€™s capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to health threats by fostering coordinated, multi-sectoral collaboration across government, healthcare, and communities.

BPHI Executive Director, Dr. Pamela Smith Lawrence, underscored the importance of health security in protecting the wellbeing and resilience of our nation against infectious diseases and emergencies.

Dr. Fabian Ndezako, WHO Country Representative #, commended the inclusive, multi-sectoral approach that informed the NAPHS process, emphasizing its role in building a stronger and unified front against health risks.

The NAPHS serves as a strategic roadmap designed to swiftly and effectively address public health threats. Through rigorous validation and detailed costing, the plan is calibrated to be practical, actionable, and sufficiently resourcedโ€”ensuring the protection of lives, reducing disease outbreaks, and securing sustainable health security for Botswana today and in the future.

Together, we are strengthening Botswanaโ€™s health security for a safer, healthier nation.

Strengthening Health Security๐Ÿ’ช
10/11/2025

Strengthening Health Security๐Ÿ’ช

๐๐Ž๐“๐’๐–๐€๐๐€ ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐“๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’ & ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€๐ŸŸข ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹: โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ...
10/11/2025

๐๐Ž๐“๐’๐–๐€๐๐€ ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐ˆ๐๐’๐“๐ˆ๐“๐”๐“๐„
๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’ & ๐๐”๐๐‹๐ˆ๐‚ ๐„๐•๐„๐๐“๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐€๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐‚๐€

๐ŸŸข ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹:
โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š: ๐™๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐
โ€ข ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ž๐š: ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ— ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž

๐ŸŸ  ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“:
โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š-๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐ฌ): ๐Ÿ–,๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ž๐

๐Ÿšจ ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“:

๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐›๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฑ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž) ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“. ๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก.

๐€๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€” ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ !

๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰๐‘พ๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰ #๐‘ฉ๐‘ท๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ๐’๐’†๐’“๐’• #๐‘ด๐’‘๐’๐’™๐‘ผ๐’‘๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’† #๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’š๐‘บ๐’‚๐’‡๐’†๐‘ฉ๐’๐’•๐’”๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’‚ #๐‘ท๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰๐‘จ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ #๐‘น๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’š๐‘บ๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’๐‘น๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š: ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘...
03/11/2025

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž:

โ€ข ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š: ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž.

โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐š-๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ—,๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ (๐Ÿ% ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž), ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“.

โ€ข ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ก๐ž๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ; ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹.

๐€๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐›๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Œ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฑ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ! #๐๐๐‡๐ˆ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ #๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

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