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  2. Health in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    Botswana has an extensive network of health facilities (hospitals, clinics, health posts, mobile stops) in the 27 health districts. In addition to an extensive network of 104 clinics with beds, 195 clinics without beds, 338 health posts and 844 mobile stops primary health care (PHC) services in Botswana are integrated within overall hospital ...

  3. Fluorescent lamps and health - Wikipedia

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    Fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts flicker at a normally unnoticeable frequency of 100 or 120 Hz (twice of the utility frequency; the lamp is lit on both the positive and negative half-wave of a cycle). This flickering can cause problems for some individuals with light sensitivity [ 1] and are associated with headaches and eyestrain.

  4. HIV/AIDS in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    Botswana is experiencing one of the most severe HIV / AIDS epidemics in the world. The national HIV prevalence rate among adults ages 15 to 49 is 24.8 percent, which is the third highest in the world, behind Lesotho and Eswatini. [ 1] HIV/AIDS threatens the many developmental gains Botswana has achieved since its independence in 1966, including ...

  5. Health effects of sunlight exposure - Wikipedia

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    Health effects of sunlight exposure. Exposing skin to the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects. On the positive side, exposure allows for the synthesis of vitamin D 3. Vitamin D has been suggested as having a wide range of positive health effects, which include strengthening bones [ 1] and possibly ...

  6. Scientists traced roses’ thorny origins and solved a 400 ...

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    A team of international researchers found that the answer lies in their DNA, tracing the origin to one ancient gene family that’s responsible for the prickles in all these variations, according ...

  7. Science and technology in Botswana - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, Botswana initiated the development of a National Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan. A climate change policy will be developed first, followed by the strategy. The process will reportedly be highly consultative, with the participation of rural inhabitants. [1] [2] Botswana ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change on 11 ...

  8. Radiation exposure - Wikipedia

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    Radiation exposure is a measure of the ionization of air due to ionizing radiation from photons. [ 1] It is defined as the electric charge freed by such radiation in a specified volume of air divided by the mass of that air. [ 1] As of 2007, "medical radiation exposure" was defined by the International Commission on Radiological Protection as ...

  9. List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise - Wikipedia

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    This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. (April 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Breaking Bad is a neo-Western crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the television series Breaking Bad ...