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Swaziland
 
HIV prevalence 15-49, 2007/2008 26.1%
Tuberculosis death rate 269/100,000 population
Malaria death rate (children under 5) 0/100,000 population
 
   
             
     
  Swaziland is a small country of around 1 million people located in southern Africa between Mozambique and South Africa. Swaziland is governed by an absolute monarch, King Mswati III.

The HIV prevalence rate in Swaziland is among the highest in the world. The country also has a relatively high TB-related death rate of 85 per 100,000 population.

Sources: United Nations Statistics Division

 
           
             
  Swaziland's Ministry of Health has identified HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis as its two top priorities for the next three to five years. In December of 2001 the government of Swaziland formed the National Emergency Response Committee on HIV/AIDS (NERCHA) to oversee and coordinate the implamentation of Swaziland's national strategic plan for combatting HIV/AIDS. Specific objectives contained in Swaziland's Millennium Action Plan for 2003 include:
  • Reducing MTCT transmission of HIV, including the provision of a free medication program for this purpose at 6 hospitals.
  • Expanding voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs to 4 additional hospitals, and providing youth-friendly HIV counseling at half of the country's 140-some health clinics.
  • Negotiate with pharmaceutical companies for free or reduced price HIV/AIDS drugs.

Malaria is endemic in eastern Swaziland, and the first-line treatment against malaria is chloroquine.

Sources: Government home page: Prime Minister's Office: HIV/AIDS Program; Swaziland's Millennium Action Program (2003)

 
           
             
 
Total population. mid-2009 1.2 (millions)
HIV prevalence 15-49, 2007/2008 26.1%
Tuberculosis death rate 269/100,000 population
Prevalence of tuberculosis per 100,000 population, 2000 1,089
Prevalence of tuberculosis per 100,000 population, 2004 1,120
% Tuberculosis detection rate under DOTS, 2004 39
% Tuberculosis treatment success rate under DOTS, 2003 43
Malaria death rate (children under 5) 0/100,000 population
GNI PPP Per Capita, 2008 5,010 (US$)
Life expectancy at birth 46 years
Infant mortality rate 85/1,000 live births
Total fertility rate 3.8 per woman
Crude birth rate 31/1,000 population
Crude death rate 15/1,000 population
Adult male literacy level 87% (pct. 15+ literate)
Adult female literacy level 89% (pct. 15+ literate)
Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern methods 48% of women in union
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults and Children, 2005 220,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults and children, end 2003 220,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults and children, end 2001 210,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults (15+), 2005 210,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults (15-49), end 2003 200,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults (15-49), end 2001 190,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults (15-49) rate (%), 2005 38.8%
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Adults (15-49) rate (%), 2003 38.2%
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Women (15+), 2005 120,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Women 15-49, end 2003 110,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Women 15-49, end 2001 110,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Children (0-14), 2005 15,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Children (0-14), end 2003 16,000
Estimated number of people living with HIV: Children (0-14), end 2001 14,000
Estimated number of AIDS deaths: Adults and children, 2005 16,000
AIDS deaths in adults and children, end 2003 17,000
AIDS deaths in adults and children, end 2001 13,000
Estimated number of orphans due to AIDS: Children (0-17), 2005 63,000
Orphans due to AIDS (0-17), living 2003 65,000
Orphans due to AIDS (0-17), living 2001 44,000

Demographic data contained in this section was obtained from the following sources: The Population Reference Bureau’s 2009 World Population Data Sheet was used for total population, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality, fertility, birth rate, death rate, % of married women 15-49 using modern methods of contraception, % of population 15-49 with HIV/AIDS in 2007/2008, and the GNI PPP per capita (2008). Literacy rates were found in the Population Reference Bureau’s publication 2005 Women of Our World. HIV prevalence data for 2001 and 2003 was obtained from the UNAIDS Barcelona 2002 report; HIV prevalence and orphan data for 2005 was obtained from the UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic 2006. Data on the % women who have discussed AIDS prevention with their husband or partner can be found in ORC Macro and USAID’s Women’s Lives and Experiences: Changes in the Past Ten Years (Research Findings from the Demographic and Health Surveys). Childhood malaria mortality data was accessed in 2003 from the United Nations Statistics Divisions’ Millennium Indicators. Tuberculosis data was obtained from the United Nations Statistics Division’s Millennium Indicators: MDGInfo 2006. In some cases information was unavailable.

  
           
             
  Swaziland has six hospitals, ten health centers, and approximately 142 local health clinics. The Millennium Action Program for 2003 includes a call for building two additional hospitals, including a TB specialty hospital and a new hospital in Lubombo (alternate spelling of Lobamba), and an additional health clinic in each region of the country. The country's best hospitals are located in Manzini, Piggs Peak, and the capital city of Mbabane. Government expenditures on health care amounted to approximately $4.1 million in the 2002/2003 fiscal year. The WHO estimates that Swaziland had 15.1 physicians per 100,000 population in 1996.

Sources: WHO, WorldTravelGuide.net, Swaziland's Millennium Action Program (2003)

 
           
             
 

Ministry of Health and Social Wellfare

Swaziland's Ministry of Health and Social Wellfare oversees the:
  • Swaziland National AIDS Program. Contact: Wellington Mbele. Telephone: (09268) 404 8441/3. Email: snap@realnet.co.sz.
  • TB Centre. Director: Dr. Cesphina Mabuza. Telephone: (09268) 505 3248. Email: switci@realnet.co.sz.
  • The Ministry of Health also operates a Malaria Control Program, which is headquartered in Manzini.

Swaziland's Ministry of Health is collaborating with South Africa, Mozambique, the Medical Research Council, CDC, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and others in the South East African Combination Anti-Malarial Therapy (SEACAT) Evaluation.

 
           
             
 

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NIH Perceived AIDS Stigma: A Multinational African Study HIV/AIDS Capacity  
  (P.I. HOLZEMER, WILLIAM L., 2003-2008) This project encompassing 5 African countries (Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania) will...

NIH The Economic Cost of Malaria in Africa Malaria General  
  (Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Sachs. 2001-2003.) This Harvard study is examining cost-of-treatment and contingent costs of malarial illnesses in...

International An Open Label In Vivo Drug Study to Evaluate Combination Anti-Malarial Therapy (CAT), in Terms of Therapeutic Efficacy, Prevalence of Gametocyte Carriage and Prevalence of Molecular Markers Associated Malaria Drug Development  
  with SP Resistance in Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Infections. (PI: Karen Barnes. 2002-2007). Investigators will examine the...

International Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) HIV/AIDS,Tuberculosis,Malaria General  
  In Round 2 of funding, the GFATM awarded Swaziland a $29.6 million grant to fight HIV/AIDS. Phase 2 of the project, which will deliver an...

NGO International Red Cross and Red Crescent HIV/AIDS Prevention  
  Swiss Red Cross has worked as a partner with the Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society, especially in the area of improving the safety and...

NGO Bristol Myers Squibb: Secure the Future Programs HIV/AIDS General  
  Bristol-Myers Squibb has included Swaziland in its Secure the Future program to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa. Swaziland is one...

 
           
             
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