Lesotho

The Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHA, or “thank you” in Sesotho) is the proud recipient of the World Health Organization's Special Programme on Primary Health Care. The WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care has joined forces with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable…

The Director General of Health Services, Dr 'Nyane Letsie, together with WHO Representative, Dr. Richard Banda, welcomed 32 Basotho doctors newly graduated from various universities in the SADC region into the Lesotho National Internship program that is run by LeBoHA. "Human resources are the greatest asset to the health sector.…

The sod turning ceremony on October 26th marked the start of construction of the Post Graduate Training Campus. In his remarks the Minister of Health, Hon Semano Sekatle, said: "This facility is the best platform to give Basotho Children a chance to explore different medical professions that are to uplift…

The 15th edition of the Lesotho Medical Journal (LMJ) was published by LeBoHA in September 2021 (click here to download a copy). The Journal, previously named the Lesotho Medical Association Journal, is now renamed as the Lesotho Medical Journal. This change was made to broaden its impact among health professional…

The cover of the Africa Health Journal published in July cited LeBoHA as an example for “strengthening health systems from the bottom up”. The article, written by LeBoHA CEO, ‘M’e Elizabeth Nkabane-Nkholongo demonstrates how LeBoHA’s “Problem Solving for Better Health®” workshop funded by the Dreyfus Foundation for many years has…

The prestigious African Journal of Neurological Sciences published a protocol for stroke treatment entitled “Stroke Treatment In A Low Resource Setting: The Motebang Hospital Protocol”. The first two authors at registrars in the LeBoHA FMSTP. Avra Goldman MD, faculty of the BU Department of Family Medicine and Steve Greenberg MD…

Registrar Spotlight: Dr. Moletsane Moeko First year registrar from Maseru, Lesotho Why did you choose Family Medicine? To be a doctor who can make a difference, who not only cures the disease but heals the patient holistically. What do you like about FMSTP? I feel like I'm becoming a better…

During my September trip to the Mountain Kingdom, I learned that there are now an additional three Basotho Doctors in the rural, mountainous town of Mokhotlong: a Family Medicine specialist consultant who trained in the LeBoHA Family Medicine Specialty Training Program (FMSTP), a registrar currently in training in the FMSTP,…

Pictured above are some of our medical interns receiving PPE. The Lesotho National Internship Program, launched in April 2019 continues to grow and develop. The program now has more than 40 interns, all Basotho doctors who have returned to Lesotho to complete this 2 year program. The program is run…

Taole Mangope, Moretlo Thulo and Paballo Lethunya meet to plan for reaccreditation of FMSTP based on Lesotho Council of Higher Education framework, which will be submitted in September making LeBoHA a degree (MMedFAM) granting educational organization.