Botswana Health Policies and Alternative Health Services Implications for Holistic Health Services Provision

Abstract

This article reviews the policies and guidelines that govern medical practice in Botswana with the aim of establishing implications for holistic health services provision in the country. Based on both review of literature and fieldwork findings from health experts, the article established that although many Batswana make use of alternative health systems, there are no policies to regulate the practice of alternative medicine and, especially, to allow collaboration of both medical and alternative health practitioners. The article recommends that Botswana should establish policies and guidelines to govern the practice of alternative health systems guided by World Health Organisation recommendations.