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BOTSWANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE (BPHI)Weekly Update: Week 12197 cases of malaria were reported in Week 12, Okavango rep...
31/03/2026

BOTSWANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE (BPHI)

Weekly Update: Week 12

197 cases of malaria were reported in Week 12, Okavango reported majority with 152 cases.Other areas affected include Northwest (15), Gantsi (9) , Chobe (8), Tutume (8).1 case each was reported in Kgatleng, Boteti, Howard, Francistown, and Bobirwa.

The public is advised to continue observing preventive measures by , sleeping under treated mosquito nets, by using mosquito repellents, removing all stagnant waters around homes,and to seek early medical attention if showing any signs of fever.

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๐๐‡๐ˆ) โ€“ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ1๐ด ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ 130 ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ 1...
24/03/2026

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๐๐‡๐ˆ) โ€“ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ1

๐ด ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ 130 ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ 11, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‚๐‘˜๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก (110 ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ) , ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก (13 ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ) ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ ๐‘– (2 ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ) . ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’, ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž, ??๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘’, ??โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‡๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ : ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’-๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ .

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18/03/2026

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๐“๐ก๐ž 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ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž:A total of 95 malaria cases were reported. The majority are concentrat...
11/03/2026

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž:
A total of 95 malaria cases were reported. The majority are concentrated in Okavango (๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ) ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, with additional cases in North West (8) and Chobe (2).

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Please sleep under insecticide-treated nets, clear standing water, and seek early treatment for fevers.

๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ โ€“ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐๐š:

The Ministry of Health of Rwanda has reported 7 confirmed cholera cases and 9 suspected cases as of 25 February 2026. Fortunately, no deaths have been recorded. We urge travelers and communities to remain vigilant on hygiene.

๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ÿ– -๐Œ๐€๐‹๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ & ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“, ๐๐Ž ๐‚๐€๐”๐’๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐€๐๐ˆ๐‚This week, Botswana recorded 42 confirmed malaria c...
05/03/2026

๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ÿ– -๐Œ๐€๐‹๐€๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„ & ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“, ๐๐Ž ๐‚๐€๐”๐’๐„ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐€๐๐ˆ๐‚

This week, Botswana recorded 42 confirmed malaria cases. While the overall numbers remain within expected seasonal trends, the geographical distribution of cases provides important guidance for public awareness.
๐Ÿ“ Where Cases Are Occurring:
โ€ข Okavango District remains the primary hotspot with 33 cases
โ€ข North West District reported 5 cases
โ€ข Chobe District recorded 2 cases
โ€ข Sporadic cases were also reported in Gaborone (1) and Palapye (1) , likely linked to travel from affected regions

Protect Yourself:
If you are residing in or traveling to the northern districtsโ€”particularly Okavango, North West, and Chobeโ€”please take the following precautions:
โ€ข Sleep under an insecticide-treated mosquito net
โ€ข Apply mosquito repellent regularly
โ€ข Clear stagnant water around your home to eliminate breeding sites
โ€ข Seek prompt medical attention if you develop fever, chills, or flu-like symptoms

๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐Ž ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž-๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐Ÿ (๐œ๐•๐ƒ๐๐•๐Ÿ) ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐›๐ข๐š, ๐™๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ข. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ข ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐.

Our surveillance systems for (๐€๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (๐€๐…๐) remain fully active. Health facilities nationwide are on alert to detect and respond to any suspected cases promptly.

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž: Let us work together to protect our families, our communities, and our nation.Stay informed. Stay protec...
24/02/2026

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž:

Let us work together to protect our families, our communities, and our nation.
Stay informed. Stay protected. Let's eliminate malaria.

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ
17/02/2026

๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ

BPHI weekly Highlights- Week 5(25/01/26- 31/01/2026)Malaria - 83 cases reported , The contry is currently ON ACTION.Infl...
10/02/2026

BPHI weekly Highlights- Week 5(25/01/26- 31/01/2026)

Malaria - 83 cases reported , The contry is currently ON ACTION.

Influenza like illnesses - 9462 cases were reported depicting 30% increase compared to last week. The country is on Alert.

Diarrhoea with dehydration - 75 cases were reported, the country is Under Control.

Public Health Events in Africa

198 Mpox cases reported across 6 countries, 87 cases lab confirmed.

671 cases of cholera were reported this week.

23/12/2025
๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ | ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐จ๐ฏ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ) ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ โ€ข ๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ: ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ โ€ข ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐Ÿ โ€ข ๐‚...
21/12/2025

๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ | ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐๐จ๐ฏ - ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ” ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ) ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ
๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐:
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ
โ€ข ๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ: ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
โ€ข ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐Ÿ
โ€ข ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐›๐ž: ๐Ÿ

๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐›๐ข๐š ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ:

๐Ÿ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ (๐ง๐จ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ).
๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ! ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ
#๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ #๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก #๐๐๐‡๐ˆ

16/12/2025

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