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Children's Center Aims To Promote Home-Based HIV Testing Among Youth in Botswana

Disabled People in Botswana Largely Neglected in HIV/AIDS Efforts, Advocates Say

otswana Officials Encourage Youth To Receive HIV Tests

Botswana National Youth Council Launches Campaign Aimed at Reducing HIV/AIDS

BOTSWANA: Safari operators alleviating AIDS crisis

BOTSWANA: People living with HIV turn to homeopathy

BOTSWANA: Extremely dangerous TB strain detected

First Two Cases of XDR-TB Confirmed in Botswana, Ministry of Health Says

Botswana's HIV/AIDS Policies Should Serve People With Disabilities, Advocate Says

Botswana: We lead the pack in poverty

Botswana President Mogae Says AIDS-Related Deaths Decreasing, Challenges Still Ahead in State of Nation Addres

AIDS-Related Deaths in Botswana Decreasing Because of Country's Efforts To Increase Treatment Access, AFP/Google.com Reports

Botswana Lawmakers Plan Release of Report Gauging Public Opinion on National Response to HIV/AIDS

Botswana: PMTCT Children HIV/Aids Free - Tlou

Botswana's HIV Testing Policy for Pregnant Women Could Cause Human Rights Issues, Letter to Editor Says

BOTSWANA: IOM to open centre for undocumented Zim migrants

Saving the babies: A victory in Africa

Botswana Reduces Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Rate to Less Than 4%, Boston Globe Reports

BOTSWANA: Report delves into HIV risks of sex workers and their clients

Botswana: U.S. Diarrhoea Report Shocks Botswana

Washington Post Examines Effect of Botswana Infant Formula Program Implemented To Reduce Risk of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

BOTSWANA: Even More Children Are Dying

BOTSWANA:Even More Children Are Dying

BOTSWANA: ''We Will Die Like the Grass'' - San

Botswana: Zimbabwean fleeing economic meltdown unwelcome

BOTSWANA: President visits San to map out the future

BOTSWANA: San look set to return home

BOTSWANA: San barred from ancestral land despite court victory

Botswana Government Studying Bushmen Court Ruling

After Decades In Exile, Botswana Tribal Group Leaves Zimbabwe

BOTSWANA: The San can return home now

BOTSWANA: Kenya's Ogiek hunter-gatherers plead San's case

BOTSWANA: Army rolls out carpet for women

Bonela Press Forward With Quest for AIDS Law

Conference on 'Blood Diamonds' Opens in Botswana

BOTSWANA: Disabled policy comes under review

BOTSWANA: Daggers drawn over death penalty

Botswana Launches Infant HIV Testing Program

BOTSWANA: Media watchdogs concerned over attempts to "muzzle" state media

BOTSWANA: Minorities defend their right to organise

Botswana Has 17.1% HIV Prevalence, President Mogae Says

BOTSWANA: Female condom gets a makeover

HIV/AIDS Poses Threat to Botswana's Economy, Officials, Advocates Say

BOTSWANA: The San, the diamonds and Leonardo DiCaprio

Botswana: Acute Shortage of Infant Milk in F/Town

BOTSWANA: Reviewing government evictions from Kalahari of Bushmen

BOTSWANA: Civil servants targeted in VCT drive

BOTSWANA: Wide support for routine HIV testing - study

Reuters/Washington Post Examines HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention Programs in Botswana

Financial Times Examines Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Botswana

IRIN/AllAfrica.com Examines Antiretroviral Drug Treatment Adherence in Botswana

BOTSWANA-ZIMBABWE: Cattle farmers say, 'Not in my backyard'

BOTSWANA: Racing to keep resistant HIV at bay

BOTSWANA: No refuge from HIV/AIDS in Dukwi camp

BOTSWANA: Care for caregivers at new centre

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Zimbabwean money flows to Botswana, but tensions underlie it

Freed From Death Row, Botswana Man Recounts His Tale

BOTSWANA: Foot-and-mouth threatens beef industry

BOTSWANA: More funds need to curb HIV/AIDS-related child deaths

BOTSWANA: Diarrhoea epidemic kills 470 children

BOTSWANA: UN body urges govt to reopen talks with the San

BOTSWANA: Decline in teen AIDS rates reported

BOTSWANA: Lukewarm response to HIV discordance study

BOTSWANA: Routine HIV testing not as straightforward as it sounds

AP/CNN.com Examines Botswana's Routine HIV Testing Policy

AP/Citizen Examines Botswana's Success at Increasing Access to Antiretrovirals

BOTSWANA: Access to education may be limited by new fees policy

BOTSWANA: Young women choose single motherhood

BOTSWANA: Govt hardens stance on hiring foreigners

BOTSWANA: Baby steps in bringing down teen pregnancy

Botswana Project Encourages Young People To Donate 'Safe Blood,' Stay HIV-Free

BOTSWANA: AIDS-free youth urged to donate blood

BOTSWANA: Govt denies claims of ethnic cleansing

Botswana: Turning the tide against measles

BOTSWANA: Business community calls for greater participation in eradicating HIV/AIDS

Brazil, Botswana Sign HIV/AIDS Prevention Accord

Washington Post Article About PEPFAR Involvement in Botswana 'Badly Misses the Mark,' Officials Say in Letter to Editor

BOTSWANA: Govt declares disaster, announces relief measures

PEPFAR Not Supporting Treatment of HIV-Positive Batswana, Botswana AIDS Program Officials Say

Chicago Tribune Profiles Former Botswana Treatment Program Official Ernest Darkoh

BOTSWANA: Analysts urge government to diversify economy

BOTSWANA: Civic, human rights bodies slam academic's deportation

Botswana:The Power to make a difference

AFRICA: Tens of thousands accessing anti-AIDS treatment

BOTSWANA: Minority ethnic groups feel new bill still discriminates

Botswana Represents Successes, Challenges Ahead for HIV/AIDS Fight in Developing Countries, Editorial Says

BOTSWANA: Corporal punishment extended to women

BOTSWANA: Tenofovir trials to start soon - despite controversy

BOTSWANA: Reintroduction of school fees draws mixed response

BOTSWANA: Anti-AIDS drugs for armed forces

BOTSWANA: Row over location of second university

Study Examines Lessons Learned at Africa's First Public Antiretroviral Treatment Clinic

BOTSWANA: US $ 35 million boost for anti-AIDS efforts

Chicago Tribune Examines Botswana's AIDS Treatment Program; Therapy Could Be Reducing Fears of Disease

Botswana's Beauty Pageant for HIV-Positive Women Gaining Public Support But Stigma Remains

BOTSWANA: Miss Stigma Free 2005 crowned

Botswana, Barbados Agree To Cooperate To Exchange HIV/AIDS Expertise, Research

BOTSWANA: Shock visual tactics prove successful in AIDS education

BOTSWANA: Lack of capacity closes NGO''s doors

BOTSWANA: Bracing for a poor harvest and drought conditions

BOTSWANA: Raising youth AIDS awareness like ''trying to fight a dead animal'

BOTSWANA: Countering stigma isn''t easy

BOTSWANA: Cattle owners still recovering from FMD outbreaks

BOTSWANA: UNICEF calls for expansion of orphan care programmes

BOTSWANA: Model treatment programme has its problems

BOTSWANA: President's shock warning on AIDS

BOTSWANA: Deporting illegal Zimbabweans drain on govt

BOTSWANA: US cash boost for AIDS battle

Botswanan President Mogae Pledges To Focus on HIV/AIDS in Second Term, Plans To Step Down Before End of Term

Election Results Show Botswanan President Mogae's Party Wins Majority in National Assembly

Botswana records steady progress in rolling out antiretroviral therapy

Botswana's Miss HIV Fights Stigma, Ignorance Surrounding Disease

BOTSWANA: AIDS drug roll out bearing fruit

Botswana's Distribution of Antiretroviral Therapy Reducing Number of AIDS-Related Deaths, WHO Report Says

St. Petersburg Times Examines HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Botswana

BOTSWANA: US ambassador predicts ultimate AIDS victory

BOTSWANA: Main referral hospital facing crisis

BOTSWANA: Vet services on high alert after anthrax outbreak in Chobe

Botswana's Ruling Political Party 'Politicizing HIV/AIDS,'Should Remove Campaign Billboard, NGOs Say

BOTSWANA: Taking steps to counter drought

Botswana 'On Verge' of Treating All HIV-Positive People in Need of Antiretroviral Drugs, Opinion Piece Says

African Governments Fighting HIV/AIDS Face Inadequate Health Infrastructure, 'Insufficient' Involvement of HIV-Positive People, Officials Say

Botswana's AIDS Drug Program Lacks Capacity To Meet 'Perpetual, Insatiable' Demand, Official Says

Botswana Antiretroviral Drug Distribution Program Will Reach 50,000 People by 2005, Health Minister Says

Developing Countries Should Implement Voluntary Routine HIV Testing, UNAIDS, WHO Officials Say

Botswana's 'Massive' HIV/AIDS Prevention, Testing, Treatment Programs Provide 'Flicker of Hope' in Epidemic, Editorial Says

Washington Times Profiles Botswana's National Antiretroviral Drug Program

New York Times Profiles Botswana's Mandatory HIV Testing Policy

BOTSWANA: Religious sects refuse polio vaccination

BOTSWANA: Expectant mothers take up routine HIV testing

Botswana's Traditional Leaders Take HIV Tests To Decrease Stigma Surrounding Disease

BOTSWANA: BOTSWANA: Peace Corps gets chiefs to undergo HIV tests

BOTSWANA: Botswana Ministry of Health to reach more with HIV training

Foreign Criticism of Routine HIV Testing in Botswana Hinders Treatment Efforts, President Mogae Says

BOTSWANA: Polio immunisation underway

BOTSWANA: Immunisation campaign to eradicate polio

BOTSWANA: Need to make men more sexually responsible

BOTSWANA: Appearance of polio reported

BOTSWANA: ''Normal'' seasonal flooding begins

BOTSWANA: New voluntary testing centre opens

BOTSWANA: Caregivers manual launched

BOTSWANA: Still no guidelines for generic AIDS drugs

International Health Officials in Botswana Begin Discussions About Low-Cost Generic Antiretroviral Drugs

BOTSWANA: Few women accessing PMTCT services

BOTSWANA: "Rural poverty is a condition not a culture": Mogae

BOTSWANA: AIDS gets top billing at global conference

BOTSWANA: Women urged to fight for equality

BOTSWANA: Gaps remain in AIDS knowledge

BOTSWANA: Interview with Dr Ndwapi Ndwapi, director of Princess Marina Hospital''s ARV programme

Botswana Offers All Health Clinic Patients Voluntary HIV Tests

Toronto Globe and Mail Examines HIV/AIDS' Effects on Botswana, Once 'Africa's Success Story'

Urban Growth, Social Mobility Contributing To Rapid Spread of HIV in Botswana, NPR Reports

U.S. News & World Report Profiles Botswana's Efforts To Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic

BOTSWANA: Concern over AIDS funding and Middle East war

Botswana President Mogae Concerned HIV/AIDS Funds Pledged by United States Going to U.S. Military Operations

BOTSWANA: Slow HIV testing pace concerns government

Botswana Lauded In Washington As Model In HIV/AIDS War

Botswana Losing Skilled Workers for HIV/AIDS Programs to Nongovernmental Groups, President Mogae Says

Christian Science Monitor Examines Growing Impact of Private Sector on Botswana's Anti-AIDS Efforts

Botswanan President Calls for Change in Behavior To Fight HIV/AIDS

BOTSWANA: Behavioural change urged in AIDS battle

Routine HIV Testing Initiative in Botswana Aims To Get More People Into Treatment Program

BOTSWANA: International auditors to administer AIDS cash

BOTSWANA: HIV/AIDS appeal attracts Norwegian attention

BOTSWANA: Police service not spared by HIV/AIDS

Botswana To Implement Routine HIV Testing in Government Clinics

BOTSWANA: All public health facilities to offer HIV testing

Financial Times Weekend Magazine Examines Botswana's Antiretroviral Drug Program

BOTSWANA: New directive urges routine HIV testing

Christian Science Monitor Profiles Young African Leaders, Including Head of Botswana's National HIV Treatment Program

Gates Urges Botswanans To Undergo HIV Testing, Take Advantage of Free Antiretroviral Drugs

BOTSWANA: Women living with HIV caring for each otherBOTSWANA: Women living with HIV caring for each other

BOTSWANA: AIDS becoming costly - President

HIV/AIDS Is Social Issue Affecting Women, Botswana Conference Participants Say

BOTSWANA: Despite strong growth economic inequality persists

BOTSWANA: Miss HIV Stigma Free 2003

AIDS Epidemic Could Cause Wars in Africa, Botswanan General Says at African Military Conference on HIV

BOTSWANA: "Community Mobilisation Tool " launched

Botswana Holds Beauty Pageant for HIV-Positive Women To Combat Stigma Associated With Disease

BOTSWANA: Mogae warns Asia and Pacific on AIDS

BOTSWANA: HIV-positive mothers slow on PMTCT

BOTSWANA: First female paramount chief welcomed

BOTSWANA: Govt anti-AIDS commitment applauded

Sen. Frist Calls Botswana's 'Political Will' Model for Other Countries Fighting HIV/AIDS

Botswana Human Rights Group Says Country Offers No Protection to Participants in HIV Vaccine Trial

BOTSWANA: AIDS vaccine volunteers need protection, says rights group

BOTSWANA: Expanding ARV therapy

BOTSWANA: More than money needed for successful AIDS programme

U.S. News & World Report Profiles Botswana HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention Program

Bush Continues Africa Trip With Stop in Botswana; Calls AIDS 'Deadliest Enemy Africa Has Ever Faced'

BOTSWANA: Vaccine trials open officially

BOTSWANA: US and Botswana allies against AIDS

Government, Corporate, Academic Partnership Opens Pediatric HIV/AIDS Health Center in Botswana

BOTSWANA: Stigma hampers HIV/AIDS treatment plan

BOTSWANA: Feature - A model for combating HIV/AIDS

BOTSWANA: HIV/AIDS Vaccine trials underway

'Radical' Antiretroviral Drug Program in Botswana Becomes 'Test Case' for AIDS Treatment in Region

BOTSWANA: Free HIV/AIDS drug project lauded

BOTSWANA: Living positively with AIDS drugs

BOTSWANA: Country braces itself for drought

Botswana aims to bring safe sex closer to home.

Botswana education in danger as AIDS kills teachers

BOTSWANA: AIDS orphans threatened by exploitation

International Community Must Fight HIV/AIDS in Botswana by Providing Health Workers, New York Times Editorial Says

HIV-Positive Individuals Traveling to Botswana From Neighboring Countries in Search of Treatment

BOTSWANA: Focus on new hope in the old shebeens

Wall Street Journal Examines Impact of HIV/AIDS on Botswana's Economy

BOTSWANA: Reducing risk for young people

HIV/AIDS: Botswana Expands Nationwide Treatment Program

BOTSWANA: Global AIDS Fund proposals on track

BOTSWANA: Free antiretroviral campaign might not last

BOTSWANA: Brazil''s lessons to help Botswana''s teachers

BOTSWANA: Home-based care hailed as a success

BOTSWANA: Diamond giant leads the fight against HIV/AIDS

BOTSWANA: Bridging the HIV/AIDS information/communication gap

BOTSWANA: New community AIDS project launched

Botswana

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Health Problems

[Country map of Botswana]

HIV/AIDS	very highly endemic
Malaria	endemic
TB	very highly endemic
Schistosomiasis	endemic
Trypanosomiasis	endemic
Leishmaniasis	endemic
Cholera	endemic
Amoebiasis	highly endemic
Typhoid Fever	endemic
Leprosy	endemic

Demographics