SWAZILAND - Country Profile |
Updated: Feb 2005 |
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National Strategic Framework
Status
Completed for the period 2000-2005. National policies
- HIV/AIDS policies exist for health, the military and the workplace.
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
National Emergency Response Committee on HIV/AIDS (NERCHA)
Contact person: Dr Derek Von Wissel - Director
Tel: +268 404 2431 / +266 404 1708
Fax: +268 404 1720
Email: /
Website: www.gov.sz
Swaziland National AIDS Programme (SNAP)
Contact person: Dr Velephi Okello - Antiretroviral Therapy Focal Person
P.O. Box 1119, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 404 8440/1 / +268 404 5397
Fax: +268 404 8209
Website: www.gov.sz
HIV/AIDS Organisations:
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The AIDS Information Support Centre (TASC)
Contact person: Thandi Nhlengethwa - Director or Harriet Kunene - Head of Programme
P.O. Box 1279, Manzini, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 4790
Email:
Website: www.tasc.org.sz
· HIV/AIDS information, education and communication strategies; mass media HIV/AIDS information dissemination; condom promotion and distribution; voluntary walk-ins for counselling and testing; telephone helpline; training and programme support.
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Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society
Contact person: Elliot Jele - National Coordinator
104 Dzeliwe Street
P.O. Box 377, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 404 2532 / +268 404 49242 / +268 404 0757
Fax: +268 404 6108
Email: / /
· Information; advice; care and support; training, capacity building advocacy; counselling.
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The Family Life Association of Swaziland (FLAS)
Contact person: Cedric Musa Mgogo - Executive Director or Dudu Simelane - Deputy Executive Director
P.O. Box 1051, Manzini, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 3082 / +268 505 3086
Fax: +268 505 3191
Email:
Website: www.flas.org.sz
· Provision of comprehensive and holistic sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services with special focus on youth.
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FLAS Youth Team
Contact person: Petros Dlamini - Youth Affairs Manager
P.O. Box 1051, Manzini, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 3082 / +268 505 3088
Fax: +268 505 3191
Mobile: + 268 605 3800
Email:
Website: www.flas.org.sz
· Programes for prevention and reduction of unwanted pregnancies; maternal mortality; sexually transmitted infections; unsafe abortion and HIV/AIDS.
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Hlanganani Help Centre - working with: Municipal HIV/AIDS Team (MHI)
Contact person: Rhumelele Thwaza
P.O. Box 418, Manzini, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 2481/3
Fax: +268 505 3992
· Self help, information; advice; support; advocacy; counselling.
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Population Services International (PSI)
Contact person: Babazile Dhlamini - Programme Manager
CC: Billy Scott
Manzini M200, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 2157/62 5052157
Fax: +268 505 2130
Email:
Website: www.psi.org
· Uses social marketing to deliver health products, services and information that enable low-income and other vulnerable people to lead healthier lives.
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Schools HIV/AIDS Population Education
Contact person: Ms Zanele Dlamini - Director
P.O. Box 5218, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 404 5066
Fax: +268 404 5752
Email: /
· HIV/AIDS education; information; advice; support; advocacy; counselling
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Save the Children
Contact person: Dumsani Mnisi
P.O. Box 472, Mbabane, Swaziland
Fax: +268 404 7719
Email:
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Swaziland Network of AIDS Support Organisations
Contact Person: Mr Madzabudzabu Kunene
P.O. Box 4764
Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 422 1640
Fax: +268 422 0663
Email:
· National network facilitating research, exchange of information, access to resources, policy influence and advocacy, capacity building and providing technical assistance to its members, thus enhancing their capacities to mitigate the spread of HIV.
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Swaziland Hospice at Home
Contact person: Thulile Dlamini-Msane
P.O. Box 23, Matsapha, Swaziland
Tel: +268 518 4485 / +268 518 6737
Fax: +268 518 6405
Email:
· Care and support; counselling; training for health professionals and the public; bereavement support.
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Swaziland AIDS Support Organisation (SASO)
Contact person: Hannie Dlamini
P.O. Box 6102, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 422 1640 / +268 422 1640
Fax: +268 422 0663
Mobile: +268 605 2776
Email:
· Self-help; information; education; prevention; advocacy; lobbying; counselling.
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Swaziland Positive Living for Life
Contact person: Ms Siphiwe Hlophe
P.O. Box 2030, Manzini, Swaziland
Tel: +268 505 7088
Mobile: +268 605 7782
Fax: +268 505 8538
Email: /
· HIV/AIDS awareness; information; education; prevention; advocacy; lobbying; counselling.
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UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, Chair
Contact person: Dr Alan Brody
UNICEF Representative
P.O. Box 1859, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 407 1000
Fax: +268 404 5202
Email:
Website: www.unicef.org
· Supports an expanded response and policy advice on preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.
- UNAIDS Country Coordinator
Contact person: Ms Mulunesh Tennagashaw
P.O. Box 261, Mbabane, Swaziland
Tel: +268 404 8559 / +268 405 0651
Fax: +268 404 9931
Email:
Website: www.unaids.org
· UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response aimed at preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.
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Country Indicators |
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Demographic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
Total population (thousands) |
2004 |
1,083 |
UN population division database |
Female population aged 15-24 (thousands) |
2004 |
128 |
UN population division database |
Population aged 15-49 (thousands) |
2004 |
503 |
UN population division database |
Annual population growth rate (%) |
1992-2002 |
1.9 |
UN population division database |
% of urban population |
2003 |
23.5 |
UN population division database |
Average annual growth rate of urban population |
2000-2005 |
1.38 |
UN population division database |
Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
33.3 |
UN population division database |
Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 pop.) |
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27.7 |
UN population division database |
Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) |
2000 |
370 |
WHO (WHR2004)/UNICEF |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
2002 |
38.8 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
Total fertility rate |
2002 |
4.6 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
86 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
135 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
Socio-economic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
Gross national income, ppp, per capita (Int.$) |
2002 |
4530 |
UN population division database |
Gross domestic product, per capita % growth |
2001-2002 |
-0.1 |
World Bank |
Per capita total expenditure on health (Int.$) |
2001 |
167 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health |
2001 |
68.5 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
Total adult illiteracy rate |
2000 |
20.4 |
UNESCO |
Adult male illiteracy rate |
2000 |
19.2 |
UNESCO |
Adult female illiteracy rate |
2000 |
21.4 |
UNESCO |
Gross primary school enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
128 |
UNESCO |
Gross primary school enrolment ratio, female |
1997 |
121 |
UNESCO |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, male |
1996 |
not available |
UNESCO |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, female |
1996 |
not available |
UNESCO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
Source: WHO/UNAIDS epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 Update.
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Epidemiological Fact Sheet |
Estimated number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, end of 2003 |
These estimates include all people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, alive at the end of 2003: |
Adults and children |
220,000 |
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Adults (15-49) |
200,000 |
Adult rate(%) 38.8 |
Women (15-49) |
110,000 |
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Children (0-15) |
16,000 |
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Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS |
Estimated number of adults and children who died of AIDS during 2003: |
Deaths in 2003 |
17,000 |
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Estimated number of orphans |
Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under age 17 at the end of 2003: |
Current living orphans |
65,000 |
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Assessment of the epidemiological situation (2004)
HIV information among antenatal clinic attendees is available from Swaziland since 1992 from sentinel surveillance. Sentinel surveillance is conducted every two years. In 1992, 4 percent of antenatal clinic women tested in Hhohho were HIV positive as well as 4 percent of the women tested outside of Hhohho in Lubombo, Manzini, and Shiselweni. By 2002, 37 percent of antenatal women tested in Hhohho. Nationally, 38.6 percent of women attending antenatal care clinics were HIV positive in 2002.
HIV sentinel surveillance information is available for STD clinic patients since 1992. In Hhohho, HIV prevalence among male STD clinic patients tested increased from 10 percent in 1992 to 53 percent in 1998. Among female patients in Hhohho, HIV prevalence rose from 11 percent in 1992 to 47 percent in 1998. In 2000, among both male and female patients, 49 percent were HIV positive in Hhohho. Outside of Hhohho, HIV prevalence information is available from Lubombo, Manzini and Shiselweni. Median HIV prevalence among male STD clinic patients increased from 12 percent in 1992 to 45 percent in 1998. Among female STD clinic patients, median HIV prevalence in 1998 had reached 50 percent of women tested outside of Hhohho. In 2000, among both male and female patients outside of Hhohho, 51 percent were infected.
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