{"id":272477,"date":"2025-08-26T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-botswana-has-a-public-health-emergency-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:05:43","slug":"why-botswana-has-a-public-health-emergency-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-botswana-has-a-public-health-emergency-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Botswana has a public health emergency | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Jye8i-RIhqI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Botswana has a public health emergency | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jye8i-RIhqI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The southern African nation of Botswana has declared a public health emergency after hospitals ran out of essential medicine. <\/p>\n<p>The government said that the medical supply chain had failed and announced $18 Million in emergency funding to restock hospitals. President Boko released this video appearing to show the military overseeing aid deliveries. In the past, Botswana had previously received significant aid from the US, and recent budget cuts by the Trump administration have worsened the public health situation. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Botswana declares health emergency<br \/>\n00:39 Phemelo Ramasu, Journalist<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#botswana #healthcrisis #usaid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The southern African nation of Botswana has declared a public health emergency after hospitals ran out of essential medicine. The government said that the medical supply chain had failed and announced $18 Million in emergency funding to restock hospitals. President Boko released this video appearing to show the military overseeing aid deliveries. 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