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The US delivers Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to Botswana as part of the COVAX program in 2021. On 2 August the number of confirmed cases increased to 122574 (excluding those transferred to other countries). The death toll rose to 1704.
Seretse Khama. Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Born into an influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad ...
Botswana is experiencing one of the most severe HIV / AIDS epidemics in the world. The national HIV prevalence rate among adults ages 15 to 49 is 24.8 percent, which is the third highest in the world, behind Lesotho and Eswatini. [ 1] HIV/AIDS threatens the many developmental gains Botswana has achieved since its independence in 1966, including ...
Covid-19 has brought death and misery to the world, claiming over 6.5 million lives around the globe and 2,790 souls in Botswana; now CoP 19 appears to pose a threat to livelihoods in Southern Africa.
20.3% of Botswana’s adult population, ages 15 to 49, have HIV/AIDS. This is down from 25% of the population in 2013. Botswana has the fourth highest HIV prevalence in the world, after South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. [3] In 2018, Botswana had 8,500 new cases and 4,800 deaths from HIV/AIDS, down from the country’s peak of 18,000 deaths ...
HIV / AIDS originated in the early 20th century and has become a major public health concern and cause of death in many countries. AIDS rates vary significantly between countries, with the majority of cases concentrated in Southern Africa. Although the continent is home to about 15.2 percent of the world's population, [ 1] more than two-thirds ...
Mfecane. The Mfecane, also known by the Sesotho names Difaqane or Lifaqane (all meaning "crushing," "scattering," "forced dispersal," or "forced migration"), [ 1] was a historical period of heightened military conflict and migration associated with state formation and expansion in Southern Africa. The exact range of dates that comprise the ...
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [ 9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [ 8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.