Sanitize the Man, Sanitize the Car: COVID-19 Disease Control in Botswana

Sunny Enow Aiyuk and Phuthego Phuthego Molosiwa
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Sunny Enow Aiyuk: School of Science and Technology, Botswana Open University
Phuthego Phuthego Molosiwa: School of Social Sciences, Botswana Open University

Journal of Developing Societies, 2023, vol. 39, issue 2, 153-173

Abstract: COVID-19 has dominated global health since it became a global pandemic in early 2020. It has stressed global health systems and pushed many other health concerns to the back burner. There is an urgent need to look for innovative ways to tackle the pandemic in a sustainable and transferrable manner. This article examines the COVID-19 control measures in Botswana. It describes the innovative government actions taken to control the pandemic. It also presents the observations of the authors, who have observed these actions around the country. They report on the effectiveness of the control cordon belts and the disinfection of people and animals as well as the sanitizing of objects like shoes and cars that pass across the control boundaries. Based upon the effectiveness of the control measures in Botswana, the authors recommend an innovative disease control framework for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases which they contend is replicable in other countries.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; disease control; sanitization; Botswana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/09734082231158877

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