Botswana announces medical fund for public health emergency

GABORONE, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Duma Boko, president of Botswana, on Monday announced the establishment of a medical fund to mobilize the required resources to address the immediate medical needs of the southern African country.

In a televised address in the national capital of Gaborone, Boko declared a state of public health emergency to enhance the country's health infrastructure and implement universal healthcare reforms.