Botswana Public Health Institute

23/12/2025

21/12/2025

𝐁𝐏𝐇𝐈 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 | 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟒𝟗 (𝟑𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯 - 𝟎𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐜) 🇧🇼
𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝:
𝟏𝟐 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥
• 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨: 𝟏𝟎
• 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝟏
• 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐞: 𝟏

𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭:

𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜 (𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬).
𝐁𝐏𝐇𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭! 🛡️
#𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 #𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 #𝐁𝐏𝐇𝐈

16/12/2025

11/12/2025

𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧

Public health vigilance remains a top priority for Botswana as the rainy season progresses. Botswana Public Health Institute’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 care‑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 Botswana’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.

09/12/2025

𝐁𝐏𝐇𝐈, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐢. 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 #𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 #𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡

02/12/2025

#𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 | 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟒𝟕

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤.

🦟 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐒𝐢𝐱 (𝟔) 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬. 𝐕𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥.

🤒 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚-𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐈𝐋𝐈): 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟏% 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟖,𝟓𝟒𝟎 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

💧 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐞, 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐩𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐠—𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝟒𝟗 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲.

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐲.

26/11/2025

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧. ✅ 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 & 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥.

🟡 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐚-𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 (𝟖,𝟑𝟔𝟑 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬).
🌍 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 - 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬.
𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬! #𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 #𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 #𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚 #𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐬

19/11/2025

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐇𝐄𝐀 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄

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

🚨 ACTION REQUIRED
• Moshupa District has crossed the ACTION threshold.

Alert Status:
• Four districts are on ALERT: Ngami, Tsabong, Mabutsane, and Charleshill.

Key Prevention Measures:

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

𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓: 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐆 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐀

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

𝐁𝐏𝐇𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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19/11/2025

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14/11/2025

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐒 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

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 nation’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 resourced—ensuring the protection of lives, reducing disease outbreaks, and securing sustainable health security for Botswana today and in the future.

Together, we are strengthening Botswana’s health security for a safer, healthier nation.