AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoPandemic Preparedness Boost: WHO and the Pandemic Fund handed Lesotho’s Ministry of Health medical and ICT equipment worth about M2.5 million to strengthen disease surveillance and faster outbreak response, including blood glucose monitors, stethoscopes, ECG machines and laptops/tablets/modems for data and communication. Mental Health Alarm: Lesotho marked World Suicide Prevention Day with new figures showing about 1 in 4 learners aged 13–17 seriously considered suicide, with many reporting they have nobody to talk to—highlighting urgent gaps in adolescent support. Food Security Focus: Agriculture Minister Selibe Mochoboroane urged farmers to share practical knowledge to raise production, saying low output is driven largely by insufficient farming skills and that experts must advise directly on farms. Justice & Safety in Healthcare: Police have sent the Life-Line pharmacy death case of former Lesotho Times production chief Moletsane Makhabane to the DPP for possible prosecution after an alleged unauthorised procedure and overdose of anaesthetic ketamine. Media Freedom Under Pressure: Amnesty and press groups renewed calls for investigation after Newsday editor Kananelo Boloetse was abducted in Maseru and police say they can’t proceed because he remains in hiding.
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