Members of the Botswana-Lesotho-Swaziland (BOLESWA) partnership: Botswana & Lesotho, have established their 1st & only publicly funded medical schools. Swaziland has a private medical school. The 3 countries have a long partnership history through the University of Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland System = derivative of BOLESWA.

Botswana & Lesotho are also members of Consortium of New Southern African Medical Schools (CONSAMS). 

To address manpower constraints in the anticipation of the 3 countries’ independence.

The 3 countries had agreed to concentrate on different professional trainings as follows:

• Botswana – Engineering
• Lesotho – Medicine
• Swaziland - Agriculture

BoLeSwa Countries

Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland

CONSAMS

• Consortium of New Southern African Medical Schools
• www.consams.org
• 5 countries in Africa + 2 Northern countries
• Established as collaboration of South-South  & South-North networks
• Opportunity to strengthen medical education in the region
• BOLESWA partnership ifurther enhanced by participation in CONSAMS
• Botswana & Lesotho = 2 of the 5 founding members 

Namibia: University of Namibia - SOM

- www.unam.na

Zambia: Copperbelt University - SOM

- www.cbu.edu.zm

Mozambique: University of Lurio – SOM

- www.unilurio.ac.mz

Botswana: University of Botswana – FOM

- www.ub.bw

Lesotho: Lesotho Medical School