The BUP: Clinical Care
 
      Saving lives in Botswana

History

In 2004 Penn received funding from the US Public Health Service through PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), which is a program that provides US Public Health Service funding to 16 affected nations, including Botswana. 

BUP Health care Provision 

Our doctors and other health care personnel provide inpatient care on the medical wards at Princess Marina and Nyangabgwe Hospitals, outpatient care in the HIV clinics, and outreach inpatient and outpatient care at the surrounding district hospitals and local government clinics. In addition, Penn physicians and nurses run a referral clinic for complicated HIV/TB co-infected patients.

UPenn physicians in Botswana are currently
working in the following clinical areas:

- HIV/AIDS and co-morbidities

- Tuberculosis

- Cervical Cancer

- Dermatology

- Pediatrics

 

 

 

Clinical Outreach

BUP clinicians are centrally located in Gaborone, and perform routine outreach across the country. Click below for the latest outrech schedule to see where our BUP doctors are working.

                                                                             BUP Outreach Schedule

Map of locations served by BUP clinicians.