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1. Community Knowledge, Perceptions and Experiences on Healthcare Services for Malaria Prevention and Treatment in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

   This paper analyses community knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of effectiveness of healthcare service provision on malaria...

   Dirontsho Maphane, Barbara N. Ngwenya, ... Vincent Pagiwa in Journal of Community Health

   Article 27 November 2022
   

2. Assessment of awareness and knowledge of schistosomiasis among school-aged children (6–13 years) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

   Background

   Schistosomiasis is a global health problem affecting 250 million people, with 90% in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Botswana, the burden is high in...

   Kebabonye P. Gabaake, Nthabiseng A. Phaladze, ... Olekae T. Thakadu in Global Health Research and Policy

   Article Open access 30 September 2022
   

3. A mixed method analysis of the Botswana schistosomiasis control policy and plans using the policy triangle framework

   Background

   The present goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021–2030 roadmap for Neglected Tropical Diseases is to eliminate schistosomiasis...

   Kebabonye P. Gabaake, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, ... Nthabiseng A. Phaladze in Global Health Research and Policy

   Article Open access 06 September 2023
   

4. Spirituality, Religiosity, Quality of Life and Mental Health Among Pantaneiros: A Study Involving a Vulnerable Population in Pantanal Wetlands, Brazil

   This study aims to investigate the relationship between spirituality, religiosity (S/R), mental health and quality of life in a vulnerable population...

   Lídia Maria Gonçalves, Mayumi Letícia Tissiani Tsuge, ... Giancarlo Lucchetti in Journal of Religion and Health

   Article 31 July 2018

5. Water use practices, water quality, and households’ diarrheal encounters in communities along the Boro-Thamalakane-Boteti river system, Northern Botswana

   Background

   Some rural African communities residing along rivers use the untreated river water for domestic purposes, making them vulnerable to...

   G. Tubatsi, M. C. Bonyongo, M. Gondwe in Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

   Article Open access 18 November 2015
   

6. How can we assess the burden of muscle, bone and joint conditions in rural Botswana: context and methods for the MuBoJo focused ethnography

   Background

   Musculoskeletal diseases are the most common causes of long-term pain and disability worldwide and a growing international public health...

   Maria Hondras, Corrie Myburgh, ... Helle Johannessen in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies

   Article Open access 16 March 2015

7. Occupational health issues in marine and freshwater research

   Marine and freshwater scientists are potentially exposed to a wide variety of occupational hazards. Depending on the focus of their research, risks...

   Glenn Courtenay, Derek R Smith, William Gladstone in Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

   Article Open access 19 March 2012

8. Tsetse fly control and Trypanosomiasis in Africa, quo vadis?

   National and international efforts to eradicate tsetse fly-borne human and animal trypanosomiasis are critically evaluated, and possible reasons for...

   N. Dräger in Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique

   Article 19 November 2010

9. Ecoethics: Now Central to All Ethics

   A few years ago, I wrote on the need for expansion of the environmental areas of bioethics, and covered some of the topics touched on here. Sadly,...

   Paul R. Ehrlich in Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

   Article 10 November 2009