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African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020 The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted many lives worldwide. Training programmes in academic institutions have also been affected by the pandemic. Teaching and learning family medicine and public health medicine in the COVID-
Billy M. Tsima +2 more
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South African Family Practice, 2017 Background: About 37 million people are living with human-immunodeficiency-virus (HIV) worldwide, with 2.6 million co-infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV). HBV infection causes 650 000 deaths annually worldwide. Botswana has a high prevalence of HIV
Azhani Mandiwana, Stephane Tshitenge
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No. 61: Unfriendly Neighbours: Contemporary Migration from Zimbabwe to Botswana [PDF]
, 2012 Although Zimbabweans have often crossed into Botswana for various reasons, the numbers involved escalated dramatically after 2000 as Zimbabwe entered a prolonged economic and political crisis from which it has still not recovered.
Campbell, Eugene, Crush, Jonathan
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Measles in HIV-infected children in southern Africa
South African Family Practice, 2012 In recent years, southern Africa has experienced a widespread measles outbreak. Given the high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence in the region, the particular features of measles in HIV-infected individuals are of interest to clinicians ...
A.M. Sheikh +5 more
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Abstain or die: The development of HIV/AIDS policy in Botswana [PDF]
, 2005 This paper traces the development of policies dealing with HIV/AIDS in Botswana from their beginning in the late 1980s to the current programme to provide population-wide anti-retroviral therapy (ARV).
Heald, S
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Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2020 Background: Public statements on the deteriorating quality of public service in Botswana resulted in the implementation of performance management systems (PMS) in 1999 to restore the public’s confidence in the ability of the public service to deliver ...
John Bester, Costa Hofisi
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South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020 Background: Education in mathematics and science is important at all school levels and should ideally start in the preschool, which implies that preschool teachers should have an adequate knowledge base in these subjects.
Kabita Bose, Kerstin Bäckman
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Evaluation of HIV counseling and testing in ANC settings and adherence to short course antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT in Francistown, Botswana [PDF]
, 2009 Worldwide, it is estimated that two million children are infected with HIV (USAID 2005). The vast majority of these infections are the result of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the virus during pregnancy, labor, or breastfeeding.
Carolyn Baek +5 more
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No. 28:Changing Attitudes to Immigration and Refugee Policy in Botswana [PDF]
, 2003 For the last two decades, Botswana has had the reputation as a “country of immigration,” based on the large-scale import of skilled expatriates from Africa, Asia and the West.
Campbell, Eugene, Oucho, Johan
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Stagnation of a “Miracle”:Botswana’s Governance Record Revisited [PDF]
Botswana has been dubbed an “African miracle.” The country has been praised not only for maintaining a multiparty system and high growth rates since independence but also for its good governance record.
Christian von Soest
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