Tebelopele Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre - Palapye

Tebelopele Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre - Palapye is the Palapye centre of Tebelopele, a Botswana organisation that provides voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT). It is in Palapye, in Botswana's Central District. According to its website, Tebelopele was established in 2000 through a partnership between the Government of Botswana and the United States Government (BOTUSA). The website describes the organisation's services as: - pre- and post-test counselling, to prepare clients for the test and its result - rapid testing, with results given the same day - linking clients to care and treatment - integrated health services for different population groups It also offers health training courses accredited by the Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) through Tebelopele College. These are the services the organisation describes across its network; which of them are available at the Palapye centre has not been published. Palapye lies on the A1 highway, about 240 kilometres from Gaborone and 170 kilometres from Francistown. Its population grew from 37,256 at the 2011 census to 52,398 in 2022. The town's economy is built on coal and power: the Morupule Colliery supplies the adjacent Morupule A and Morupule B power stations. Palapye is also home to the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), which enrolled its first students in August 2012 on a site in the Tswapong Hills. The Bamangwato under Khama III had their capital at Phalatswe, or Old Palapye, from 1889 to 1902. Tebelopele has not published the Palapye centre's address or telephone number online, so visitors should phone ahead before travelling.

C4WH+685, Palapye, Botswana
Palapye

22°33′16″S 27°7′42″E