Francistown Botswana
List of Medical Providers - "Gaborone Botswana"
Private Bag F109, Francistown ... P.O. Box 130, Francistown ... FrancistownDR. 0. OMOTOYE ... [Read More]
Article on Botswana Published in Prestigious Medical Report in U.S. - "Gaborone Botswana"
The BOTUSA Project, a collaboration between the Botswana government and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, supported the Francistown District Health Team and Nyangabgwe Hospital’s implementation of the national routine HIV testing policy. It also conducted the assessment as part of a program evaluation project in Francistown for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). Medical personnel from BOTUSA, the Francistown District Health Team, the Ministry of Health, the Global AIDS Program, the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated in writing the report. ... [Read More]
BOTUSA/BNTP try out longer treatment for TB - "Gaborone Botswana"
The study, which was launched in November 2004 in the cities of Gaborone and Francistown, was started on the premise that a longer course of TB preventive therapy, also known as Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT), may offer longer protection from tuberculosis. Currently PLWHA are enrolled on a six-month IPT program, which gives them protection from tuberculosis for two to two-and-a-half years. Participants in the BOTUSA-BNTP study will be enrolled on a 36-month course of IPT. ... [Read More]
Attorneys - "Gaborone Botswana"
Tel: 391 1577FrancistownCHADWICK, ANDERSON AND PARTNERS ... Francistown ... [Read More]
Botswana
The Government held newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in the Center for Illegal Immigrants in Francistown until the Refugee Advisory Committee, a governmental body whose Chairperson is the District Commissioner of Francistown, interviewed them; UNHCR was present with observer status at such interviews. Once persons were granted refugee status, the Government transferred them to the Dukwe Refugee Camp until their resettlement or voluntary repatriation. Refugee applicants who were unsuccessful in obtaining asylum also were allowed to remain at Dukwe until the Government referred their cases to the UNHCR for resettlement. ... [Read More]
Botswana
The Prisons Act grants relatives, lawyers, magistrates, and church organizations the right to visit prisoners for "rehabilitative purposes;" however, the Commissioner of Prisons has the authority to decide whether domestic and international human rights organizations may visit. Independent monitoring of prison conditions by human rights groups, the media, or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) generally was allowed if these organizations sought permission from the Commissioner of Prisons; however, sometimes permission was denied. The BCHR was denied access to visit Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a Lesotho national sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer, following the organization's criticism of the executions of four convicted murderers (see Section 1.a.). The ICRC visited some prisons in September. d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest and ... [Read More]
Botswana (07/05)
Cities (2001 census): Capital--Gaborone (pronounced ha-bo-ro-neh), pop. 186,007. Other towns--Francistown (83,023), Selebi-Phikwe (49,849), Molepolole (54,561), Kanye (40,628), Serowe (42,444), Mahalapye (39,719), Lobatse (29,689), Maun (43,776), Mochudi (36,962). ... [Read More]
Botswana
As a result of a confirmed case of polio in the Ngami District in the northern region, the Government ordered polio vaccinations targeting children under 5 years of age during the reporting period. Some members of the Apostle Church of God vowed on religious grounds not to allow health authorities to immunize their children. The Zezuru communities, originally Zimbabwean immigrants, also resisted the vaccinations. In response to this resistance, the High Court gave police the authority to "access any house, vehicle, school or property where it is suspected any children within the specified age group are hidden for purposes of evading or frustrating the National Polio Immunization Campaign." Any parent or guardian refusing to allow health personnel to immunize a child would be guilty of an offense against the Public Health Regulations, which carries the penalty of a 3-month jail sentence, or a fine of $100 (500 pula), or both. Police have arrested se ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Air Botswana is the country’s national airline and handling agent for ground traffic at the three main airports in Gaborone, Francistown and Maun. Service on Air Botswana and South African Airlines to Johannesburg is excellent, with 10 flights a day. Air Botswana also operates flights to Francistown, Maun and Kasane, and internationally to Harare. Several companies provide charter service; the Okavango tourist camps can only be reached by charter aircraft, either from Gaborone or Maun. ... [Read More]
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