background in many parts of the world, ongoing deficiencies in health systems compromise the delivery of health interventions. the world health organization (who) identified four functions that health systems need to perform to achieve their goals: efforts to strengthen health systems focus on the way these functions are carried out. while a number of studies on health systems functions have be...

background very few studies have assessed performance of botswana public hospitals. we draw from a large research study assessing performance of the botswana ministry of health (moh) to evaluate the performance of public hospital system using the world health organization health systems performance assessment framework (who hspaf). we aimed to evaluate performance of botswana public hospital sy...

1 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 2 Click Diagnostics, Boston, MA 3 Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 5 Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Women’s Health Initiative, Gaborone, Botswana 6...

Introduction There is a severe shortage of dermatologists in sub-Saharan Africa, with many areas having no dermatologists at all.[1] Furthermore, there is an increased prevalence of skin disease in HIV patients, with many conditions being unique to this population or more severe than in immunocompetent patients.[2] The presence of many of these conditions may affect HIV management.[3,4] Store-a...

Le Botswana compte 19 conventions fiscales en vigueur, comme l’indique sa réponse au questionnaire d’examen par les pairs. Une de ces conventions, celle avec le Émirats arabes unis, est conforme standard minimum.

Author affiliations: ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Maisons-Alfort, France (N. Pavio); INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research), Maisons-Alfort (N. Pavio); University Paris 12, National Veterinary School, Maisons-Alfort (N. Pavio); INRA, Corte, France (M. Laval, O. Maestrini, F. Casabianca, F. Charrier); CIRAD (Agricultural Research ...

This article reports on the lessons learnt from the implementation of a computerized information system (CIS) for managing human resources at the Ministry of Education in Botswana, and on the usage of CISs in the management of secondary schools in Uganda. The findings from these African studies portray the levels of usage, their impact and the critical success factors that most influence the ut...

The complications of unsafe, illegal abortions are a significant cause of maternal mortality in Botswana. The stigma attached to abortion leads some women to seek clandestine procedures, or alternatively, to carry the fetus to term and abandon the infant at birth. I conducted research into perceptions of abortion in urban Botswana in order to understand the social and cultural obstacles to wome...

Illegal labour immigration is increasingly a source of concern to politicians and the public in relatively rich countries within the Southern African Development Corporation (SADC). This paper examines the status of illegal immigration in Botswana and South Africa. The definition of illegal immigration is discussed. It draws extensively from similar experiences in the United States of America a...

This study analyzed WHO-standardized nutritional indicators of children from selected households within communities that were sampled from all districts of Botswana. Data from the 2007 Botswana Family Health Survey were fitted into multilevel models that seek to account for variability due to the macro- and micro-units that have been hierarchically selected. This allowed for estimation of diffe...