Mmegi on Wednesday examined tuberculosis treatment and prevention efforts among children in Botswana. About 10% of people with TB in the country are children younger than age 14, according to Mmegi. According to Loeto Mazhani, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, 64% of children with TB live in the districts of Francistown, Gantsi, Kgalagadi North and Okavango. Reported TB incidence in Botswana increased from 202 cases per 100,000 people in 1989 to 602 cases per 100,000 people last year.