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Keely Hodgkinson Reveals Medical Setback That Would’ve Never Allowed a Track & Field Career
Essentially Sports
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August 16, 2025
Keely Hodgkinson stood on the track in Silesia on Saturday with the weight of 376 silent days behind her, then tore through the 800 meters in 1:54.74, a world-leading mark and a new meet record. “It’s been a long time – over a year – since Paris,”...
Keely Hodgkinson's health scare, dating admission after break-up and soaring net worth
TeessideLive
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August 16, 2025
Keely Hodgkinson is finally poised to make her eagerly awaited comeback to competitive athletics, more than a year after her triumphant Olympic gold medal performance in Paris. The 800m star has been compelled to wait patiently following a series...
Ethiopia, Botswana Deepen Bilateral Ties with Rooted Shared Values on African Unity & Multilateralism
Ethiopian News Agency
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Addis Ababa, August 15, 2025 (ENA) – Botswana and Ethiopia have been building strong bilateral ties, with both countries expressing renewed commitment to strengthening existing cooperation in key areas, including agriculture, aviation, trade, and...
First Mutual eyes Botswana health business
Zimbabwe Independent
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The group has invested over US$450 000 in the Botswana venture, with key personnel already in place. FIRST Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL) is targeting rapid growth for its newly-launched health insurance unit in Botswana, seeking to replicate the...
The business of better health
Business Day
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August 14, 2025
A healthy continent is a prosperous one. When people are well, they work more, earn more, and invest more in their communities. Conversely, when illness spreads unchecked or medical costs plunge families into debt, entire economies suffer. Despite...
Biased credit ratings are costing Africa billions—and worsening its health crises
Atlantic Council
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August 14, 2025
As Zambia mourned the death of its former President Edgar Lungu on June 5, a quieter crisis was unfolding in the country’s public hospitals. Just days after Lungu’s passing, the Resident Doctors Association of Zambia suspended all voluntary...
Paratus launches LEO satellite connectivity for health centres across Africa
SatelliteProME
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August 14, 2025
Through Paratus Connect2Care, eligible institutions will receive 2TB of Priority Data to guarantee uninterrupted connectivity. Paratus Group has announced the launch of Paratus Connect2Care, an initiative providing affordable, high-quality...
Sanofi steps up investment in SA healthcare with new leadership and stronger local partnerships
South Africa Today
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August 13, 2025
Johannesburg, 13 August25: Sanofi has reaffirmed its commitment to South African healthcare with the appointment of two senior leaders and a renewed focus on supporting healthcare professionals, expanding local partnerships, and improving access...
Effect of Educational Intervention on Healthcare Workers’ Basic Life Support Knowledge and Practice in a Rural Tertiary Hospital in South Western Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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August 13, 2025
Background Basic Life Support (BLS) plays a critical role in the early recognition and management of cardiac and respiratory arrests, critical emergencies that can lead to preventable deaths if not promptly addressed.1 According to a World Health...
Botswana's health sector hit by severe shortages
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 6, 2025
Botswana's Ministry of Health has issued a stark update on the country's public health system, revealing a critical shortage of essential medicines and medical supplies that has forced the suspension of several non-urgent services. The Ministry...
Climate change policies fail to protect child health
Globalization and Health
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August 12, 2025
Climate-change policies worldwide had ineffective planning to safeguard child health, with 43% of countries obtaining a score of 0 (no mention of child health). Thirty-eight per cent of countries achieved a score of 1–3; these generally...
FM Fidan, Botswana’s Butale discuss ties, cooperation in Ankara
Daily Sabah
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August 12, 2025
Botswana’s International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale will visit Ankara on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and cooperation with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, diplomatic sources said. The two ministers will meet on Wednesday and discuss the...
South Africa’s Beef Exports Crippled by Foot-and-Mouth Disease as Farmers Demand Urgent Solutions
South Africa Today
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August 12, 2025
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has expressed deep concern over South Africa’s exclusion from key beef export markets due to persistent foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks, calling the current control strategy ineffective and economically...
Fidan to host Botswana's top diplomat
Hurriyet Daily News
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ANKARA Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will host Botswana's International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale in Ankara on Aug. 13, diplomatic sources have informed. Butale is paying a three-day visit to Türkiye between Aug. 12 and 14 and will hold a...
Africa News Live Updates: Botswana’s health crisis, South Africa’s policing woes signal institutional strain
Firstpost
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August 6, 2025
Young Tunisians disillusioned by economic crisis and political changes Young Tunisians are increasingly disillusioned with the country’s economic and political trajectory, driven by a combination of severe economic hardship and a reversal of...
Botswana’s queer lifelines are vanishing
The Advocate
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August 8, 2025
Botswana only legalized consensual same sex conduct in 2019, so growing up as an openly gay man was tough, and I experienced numerous setbacks. When I was 25 years old, my uncle discovered a photo of me putting on makeup and dreadlocks. He took it...
HOSPITAL STAFF AT BREAKING POINT
Botswana Gazette
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August 6, 2025
Healthcare workers are sounding the alarm over a looming wave of trauma in hospitals, following the government’s blunt admission that it can no longer support the collapsing health system, leaving patients to fend for themselves SESUPO RANTSIMAKO...
Xenophobia in SA a symptom of Zimbabwe’s collapse, regional inertia
The Standard
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While in the past the attacks often manifested in violence, the agitators have taken a new route, arguing that foreigners cannot be prioritised at public hospitals at the expense of locals. Over the past few weeks, social media has been awash with...
“HIV rates will soar without proper access to medication and contraception”
Amnesty International
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August 8, 2025
The recent global aid cuts have wreaked havoc across the world, leaving people without jobs, as well as proper access to healthcare and education. Many fear the Sustainable Development Goals – which were adopted 10 years ago to end global...
Botswana President says Botswana-Zambia relations should yield deliverables.
Mwebantu
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August 2, 2025
IN a brief address received with ovations, President of Botswana Duma Boko last evening challenged Africa and its people to “straighten up” in their quest for progress and development. Mr Boko, a lawyer, said the path to progress demands...