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Botswana

Botswana
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CONTACT INFORMATION

The WHO Representative
PLOT 22, Khama Cresent
PO Box 1355
Gaborone

regafro@afro.who.int
http://www.afro.who.int/


OVERVIEW

- Country profile on regional site
- Country cooperation strategy
- International travel and health

PARTNERS

- Collaborating centres

OUTBREAKS AND CRISES

- Emergencies
- Disease outbreaks

MORTALITY AND BURDEN OF DISEASE

- Mortality profile
- HIV/AIDS treatment
- Tuberculosis
- HIV/AIDS epidemiological fact sheet
- HIV prevalence
- TB prevalence and incidence

HEALTH SERVICE COVERAGE

- Skilled birth attendance
- Immunization profile

RISK FACTORS

- Chronic diseases
- Anaemia
- Child malnutrition
- Access to water, sanitation
- Undernutrition and overweight
- Access to water, sanitation
- Alcohol, tobacco consumption

HEALTH SYSTEMS

- Health financing
- Health workforce

INEQUITIES IN CHILD HEALTH (DIFFERENTIALS)

- Basic immunization statistics
- Child mortality

Statistics:

Total population: 1,858,000

Gross national income per capita (PPP international $): 11,730

Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 51/52

Healthy life expectancy at birth m/f (years, 2003): 36/35

Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 124

Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years m/f (per 1 000 population): 485/455

Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2005): 726

Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2005): 8.3

Figures are for 2006 unless indicated. Source: World Health Statistics 2008