Botswana’s central health ministry supervising public health services and its national medicines regulatory parastatal.
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How health governance works in Botswana
National public-health institute, medicines regulation and laboratory services
The ministry states that the Public Health Institute remains a department, while BoMRA is a parastatal. The selected lab function is a ministry unit; this does not imply it belongs to BPHI.
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Government health structure
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Central health authority
Operates as a department under the Ministry of Health; not yet a separately established parastatal in the official description.
Regulatory parastatal explicitly listed under the Ministry of Health.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Public health and preparedness
- Botswana Public Health Institute →
Operates as a department under the Ministry of Health; not yet a separately established parastatal in the official description.
Medicines oversight
- Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority →
Regulatory parastatal explicitly listed under the Ministry of Health.
Public health laboratories
- Specialised Health Care Department, Botswana →
Specialised Health Care department within Botswana’s health ministry, overseeing national specialized clinical services and the National Health Laboratory.
- National Health Laboratory, Botswana →
Ministry-level laboratory function overseeing specialized laboratory services, diagnostic standards and blood transfusion policy.
- Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority — Medicines & health-product regulator
- Botswana Public Health Institute — Internal ministry public-health department
- Ministry of Health, Botswana — Government health ministry
- National Health Laboratory, Botswana — Internal ministry laboratory function
- Specialised Health Care Department, Botswana — Internal ministry health-services department
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.