AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoMedical training boost: St. George’s University (SGU) graduated a new cohort of doctors in Gaborone, as Africa faces a widening healthcare worker shortage and Botswana’s health leadership urged graduates to serve with “excellence, integrity and compassion.” Specialist care support: Chinese medical teams continue rotating through Botswana’s Princess Marina Hospital (Gaborone) and Nyangabgwe Referral Hospital (Francistown), with officials saying the visits improve access to specialized services. Menstrual health in schools: Botswana’s free sanitary pad programme for nearly 500,000 adolescent girls is helping protect dignity and keep girls in class, but reports now say mattress damage is increasingly linked to boys. Tobacco control push: Nigeria’s Tobacco Control Alliance called for smoke-free cities to protect children from second-hand smoke, pointing to lessons from Botswana, South Africa and Mauritius. Health system strain in the region: South Africa’s border repatriation drive at Musina is processing thousands of foreign nationals with coordinated healthcare and humanitarian logistics, highlighting ongoing public health pressures around migration.
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