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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have launched a coordinated continental response plan.The Mpox Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, spanning from September 2024 to February...

Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH) and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) have officially launched Botswana's first-ever Telemedicine Initiative. This was a groundbreaking partnership set to transform healthcare access...

Botswana is not spared from the new information indicating that the US Government has suspended foreign aid, with immediate effect.PR at the Ministry of Health, Dr Christopher Nyanga told Sun Health that the impact on the health sector of this...

In a historic move towards gender equality, the African Union has adopted the 'African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls' (AU CEVAWG) during its 38th Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 15-16,...

An estimated 736 million women aged 15 and older (30%) have been subjected to physical and or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence or both, at least once in their lives, according to UN Women. This was revealed last week...

The use of artificial chemical signals to protect livestock from predators and predators from lethal control is a win-win strategy that will enhance the conservation of carnivores and protect rural livelihoods.This was revealed by Senior Researcher...

The community of Maun was recently treated to an informative conference about human-wildlife conflict and exposed to positive ways of taking care of the environment in a conference organised by Re Jala Peo organisation.Department of Wildlife and...

Re Jala Peo organization will host their fourth annual Environmental Awareness Conference under the theme,” Save Our Endangered animals" to be held in Maun on November 30th. Founded in 2024, Re Jala Peo is a groundbreaking non-profit organization...

Women and children are 14 times more likely to die from climate disasters as men, and the greater the gender and economic inequality, the greater the disparity between men and women’s chances of survival.This was revealed recently by ActionAid at...

The African Union (AU) and the United Republic of Tanzania will join forces in a high-level side event aimed at making clean cooking a central part of the global climate agenda.African policymakers and international partners meeting at this year’s...

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, commonly known as COP29, started this Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, under the theme; 'Climate action.'COP29 this year aims at galvanizing global...

Agro-ecology presents an opportunity to transition Africa from food insecurity to having food sustainable agricultural practices which could improve food security, reduce poverty and improve resilience to climate change.This was said by Executive...

Climate Justice Lead at ActionAid International, Teresa Anderson has reminded African countries that adaptation, as well as addressing loss and damage could help the continent in recovering in the aftermath of climate disasters.She said mitigation...

Ministry of Health last week launched the month of prayer through an opening session held under this year's theme: ‘Developing a transformative mindset'.Dr Mareko Ramotsababa who was speaking at the event, highlighted that the initial focus...

Batshani Sekoto will live to experience the wedding of his dreams, thanks to Jay’s Wedding Cars, a wedding planning company.Batshani has been with Gothatamodimo Sekoto for the past 13 years until they finally got married last week. He told The...