Botswana: The Ministry of Heath joins the international community in commemorating World Hand Hygiene Day today as part of its hand hygiene promotion campaign. This year’s World Hand Hygiene Day is commemorated under the theme: ‘Together, we can accelerate action to prevent infections and antimicrobial resistance in health care and build a culture of safety and quality in which hand hygiene improvement is given priority,’ with the slogan, ‘Save lives – clean your hands.’
Botswana: The Ministry of Health informs members of the public that measles and rubella cases have been reported in the country. So far, a total of thirteen (13) cases of measles and one (1) case of rubella have been detected in Greater Gaborone DHMT, Kweneng DHMT, Greater Francistown DHMT, Tutume DHMT, Serowe/Palapye DHMT and Greater Selebi Phikwe DHMT.
