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# Botswana - Geographical disease risk index

Malaria

  Risk Category B

  Risk Category explanation

  A: countries where the malarial risk is present in the whole country all year or with very clear seasonal guidance.

  B: countries where only parts of the country are affected.

  C: countries where malaria is limited to discrete pockets, where the risk of infection is low, or where there are few visitors to affected areas. It is likely that tourists who visit these countries will be able to donate but individual assessment must be applied. Donors are likely to have detailed knowledge if they have visited any malarial areas. The healthcare professional should establish whether the donor sought advice prior to travel and if they were advised to take antimalarial precautions.

  Risk exists throughout the year but especially from November to June in the northern parts of the country including the regions along the Zimbabwean border, the Zambezi river and all the game parks to the north of the Kalahari desert.

  Previous Malaria Risk

  - Until February 1996:
    All year in whole country.

  Search for Malaria guidance

Trypanosoma Cruzi

  No Risk

West Nile Virus

  No Risk

Viral haemorrhagic fever

  No Risk

Tropical viruses

  No Risk

Version details:

  GDRI Edition 002 Release 05 (05 July 2016)

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