"Botswana" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in southern Africa, between NAMIBIA and ZAMBIA. It was formerly called Bechuanaland. Its capital is Gaborone. The Kalahari Desert is in the west and southwest.
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D001902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.230
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Botswana" by people in Profiles.
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Improving management of first and second stages of labour in low- and middle-income countries. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2024 Jul; 95:102517.
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Safety and incidence of COVID-19 following ChAdOx1(AZD1222) COVID-19 vaccination in Botswana. J Infect. 2023 06; 86(6):603-606.
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Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa. Nature. 2022 03; 603(7902):679-686.
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Maternal weight and birth outcomes among women on antiretroviral treatment from conception in a birth surveillance study in Botswana. J Int AIDS Soc. 2021 06; 24(6):e25763.
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Development and launch of the first obstetrics and gynaecology master of medicine residency training programme in Botswana. BMC Med Educ. 2021 Jan 06; 21(1):19.
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The political economy of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an analysis from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Glob Health Action. 2021 01 01; 14(1):1909267.
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The legal feasibility of adopting a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in seven sub-Saharan African countries. Glob Health Action. 2021 01 01; 14(1):1884358.
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Study design: policy landscape analysis for sugar-sweetened beverage taxation in seven sub-Saharan African countries. Glob Health Action. 2021 01 01; 14(1):1856469.
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Intimate partner violence: The need for an alternative primary preventive approach in Botswana. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2018 May 24; 10(1):e1-e6.
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The importance of morphological identification of African anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) for malaria control programmes. Malar J. 2018 Jan 22; 17(1):43.