# Ministry of Health, Botswana

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## TL;DR

Botswana's health ministry. It runs all public health facilities, keeps the national cancer registry, and opened the country's public radiotherapy centre in 2023.

## Summary

The African Cancer Registry Network's page on Botswana says all public health facilities are under the Ministry of Health, which set up the national cancer registry in 1999 within its Non-Communicable Diseases Programme in the Department of Public Health. The minister, Edwin Dikoloti, opened the radiotherapy centre at Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital on 27 July 2023. The Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority is a statutory body under the ministry. The coordinates are an approximate city point for Gaborone.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Ministry of Health and Wellness, Botswana; MoH Botswana
- City: Gaborone, BW
- Type: government
- Website: https://www.moh.gov.bw/

## Sources

- Ministry of Health, Botswana: https://www.moh.gov.bw/
- African Cancer Registry Network: Botswana National Cancer Registry: https://afcrn.org/index.php/membership/membership-list/118-bncr
- UN in Botswana: public radiotherapy centre opens with IAEA support (August 2023): https://botswana.un.org/en/243955-botswana-opens-its-first-public-radiotherapy-centre-iaea-support

## Connected records

- institutions: [Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BoMRA)](https://onco.cc/institutions/bomra-botswana/), [Botswana National Cancer Registry (BNCR)](https://onco.cc/institutions/botswana-national-cancer-registry/), [Cancer Association of Botswana (CAB)](https://onco.cc/institutions/cancer-association-of-botswana/), [Life Gaborone Private Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/gaborone-private-hospital/), [Sir Ketumile Masire Teaching Hospital (SKMTH)](https://onco.cc/institutions/sir-ketumile-masire-teaching-hospital/), [Village Oncology](https://onco.cc/institutions/village-oncology-gaborone/)

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