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11/09/2026
๐ˆ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ...
11/09/2026

๐ˆ๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ.

That belief drew close to 300 emergency response specialists from across Southern Africa to Lusaka, Zambia, for the Africa CDC SARCC Southern Africa Regional Functional Simulation Exercise (SIMEX) - a rigorous, practical drill testing our region's ability to respond to an Ebola/Viral Haemorrhagic Fever outbreak.

The Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI), through its Public Health Emergency Management Pillar, joined other Southern African national PHEOC teams, technical experts, and key global partners - including WHO, UNICEF, US CDC, UKHSA, IOM, and the Red Cross - to evaluate emergency coordination systems, identify preparedness weaknesses, and strengthen the regional unity that health security depends on.

From the first alert to cross-border collaboration, every simulated decision was a chance to sharpen our response. The exercise was a powerful reminder: preparedness is not a one-time event, it's a continuous commitment. And Botswana is fully committed to that journey, alongside our neighbours.

Because when the next outbreak emerges, we won't just hope for the best. We'll be ready.

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’ | ๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)Here are the key highlights:Diarrhea with Dehydratio...
09/09/2026

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐’๐”๐‘๐•๐„๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐€๐๐‚๐„ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐‹๐ˆ๐†๐‡๐“๐’ | ๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐”๐†๐”๐’๐“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

Here are the key highlights:
Diarrhea with Dehydration: A total of ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ• ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ“ reported deaths have been recorded during this monitoring period.
A total of ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ cases of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) have been reported nationwide, necessitating urgent ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ in the affected districts.

๐†๐‹๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐„๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐คThe Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI) is closely tracking the global h...
02/09/2026

๐†๐‹๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐„๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค

The Botswana Public Health Institute (BPHI) is closely tracking the global health landscape.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Weekly External Situation Report 15 (as of August 23, 2026), here is the latest data on the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak:

Democratic Republic of Congo: 5,584 confirmed cases | 2,680 confirmed deaths

Uganda: 20 confirmed cases | 2 confirmed deaths

France: 1 confirmed case | 0 confirmed deaths

BPHI remains committed to strong epidemiological surveillance to safeguard national health security. Stay informed, stay vigilant

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“: ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‘๐‘๐‡๐Ž๐„๐€ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐ƒ๐„๐‡๐˜๐ƒ๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐„.Looking at our latest surveillance map, several districts ar...
02/09/2026

๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐‹๐˜ ๐‡๐„๐€๐‹๐“๐‡ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“: ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐‘๐‘๐‡๐Ž๐„๐€ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐ƒ๐„๐‡๐˜๐ƒ๐‘๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‘๐ˆ๐’๐„.

Looking at our latest surveillance map, several districts are currently under ACTION and ALERT thresholds.

We must act now to protect our families and communities.

Preventative hygiene is our strongest shield against this outbreak.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones:

Wash hands frequently: Use clean running water and soap, especially before eating, preparing food, and after using the restroom.

Treat your water: Boil water or use safe treatment options before drinking or cooking if your supply is unverified.

Safe storage: Keep your drinking water in clean, covered containers to avoid contamination.

Recognize dehydration: Look out for extreme thirst, dry mouth, dark urine, or lethargyโ€”especially in young children.

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
29/08/2026

๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž (๐๐๐‡๐ˆ) ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ (๐ŸŽ๐Ÿโ€“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ– ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”).Two ma...
18/08/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž (๐๐๐‡๐ˆ) ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ (๐ŸŽ๐Ÿโ€“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ– ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”).

Two malaria cases are recorded with no deaths, and the country remains on action. Influenza-like illness (ILI) remains the most frequently reported syndrome nationally, with 8,052 cases - a 0.4% increase from the previous week - and is under control. Diarrhoea with dehydration increases by 76% to 111 cases with no deaths, and nationally it is under control.

Ten chickenpox cases are reported from Serowe and North West, and the condition is under control. Regionally, WHO data as of 09 August 2026 show 4,381 confirmed Ebola (Bundibugyo virus disease) cases and 2,011 deaths in DRC, 20 cases and 2 deaths in Uganda, and 1 case in France.

@top fansHighlightsMinistry of Health, Botswana

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž. @top fans Ministry of Health, Bot...
10/08/2026

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐‘๐Ž๐‹ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž.

@top fans Ministry of Health, BotswanaHighlights

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ƒ๐‚ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ - ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ+ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ...
06/08/2026

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐๐‡๐ˆ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ƒ๐‚ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ - ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ+ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐๐๐‡๐ˆโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ...
04/08/2026

๐๐๐‡๐ˆโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—โ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ.

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