UN pledges support to tackle Botswana's medicine shortage


GABORONE, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations (UN) in Botswana is engaging with the Botswanan government to address a declared public health emergency on the medicine shortage in the country, said a UN statement issued on Monday.

The UN in Botswana pledged to provide both immediate and long-term solutions to tackle the crisis, and will work through two established mechanisms, the National Task Force and the National Steering Committee, to facilitate a coordinated response, said the statement.

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