One of the things that the world discovered with the omicron variant is that viruses have no passports or borders. They move with people because we are a global village.
The international response to the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has led me to doubt that the planet has genuinely learned the lesson of interconnectedness.
Climate change is accelerating the emergence of new epidemics, especially in Africa, which is more vulnerable due to its health infrastructure and socioeconomic challenges.
Botswana has made significant progress in health, becoming the first country with a high HIV burden to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of AIDS.
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