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SWAZILAND: UNAIDS praises community efforts to combat HIV/AIDS
21 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Swaziland's efforts to tackle AIDS at the community level have won the praise of the executive director of the UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Peter Piot.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38350

SWAZILAND: Elderly bear burden of orphan crisis
17 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Ninety percent blind in both eyes, Babe (Father in SiSwati) Simelane, who estimates he is 72 years old, could make out only the roughest outline of his son's face when he died from an AIDS related illness last year, leaving two young sons.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38333

SWAZILAND: Humanitarian crisis worsening, warn relief agencies
28 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Relief agencies have warned that the humanitarian crisis in Swaziland, brought on by drought and aggravated by AIDS, is worsening.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38266

SWAZILAND: Targeting HIV/AIDS in the workplace
17 February 2005 (PlusNews ), In a country where employers still discriminate against HIV-positive employees, Gladys Ndlangamandla a tall, soft-spoken woman of 33, is one of the lucky few.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38221

SWAZILAND: HIV-positive women's group creates agricultural cooperative
14 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Swazis for Positive Living (SWAPOL), launched by a group of middle-aged HIV-positive Swazi women, is breaking new ground by developing self-sustaining agricultural projects in an effort to be less dependent on donor organisations.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38207

SWAZILAND: Top officials of trade unions publicly tested for HIV
4 February 2005 (PlusNews ), In a move considered to be a breakthrough in the conservative kingdom of Swaziland, the secretary general of each of the two trade union federations publicly took an HIV test on Friday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38169

SWAZILAND: Tempers flare as govt pays orphans' school fees
27 January 2005 (PlusNews ), A near riot at a Swazi primary school this week, when parents tried to register their children as orphans to qualify for government support, has underlined the resentment created by efforts to help the growing numbers of vulnerable children.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38142

SWAZILAND: Increasing focus on paediatric care
18 January 2005 (PlusNews ), A joint effort by local health authorities, aid agencies and a major pharmaceutical company is expected to improve paediatric care in Swaziland.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38110

SWAZILAND: Kiddie HIV/AIDS clinic begins construction
14 January 2005 (PlusNews ), Swaziland welcomed the start of construction on its first HIV and AIDS clinic for children this week.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38093

SWAZILAND: Prominent traditional leader condemns AIDS drugs
30 December 2004 (PlusNews ), Swaziland's AIDS control programme received a set back this month in the shape of a prominent traditional healer who has condemned the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38062

SWAZILAND: Army unveils HIV/AIDS policy
24 December 2004 (PlusNews ), The Swazi army has unveiled a new policy that rejects HIV-positive recruits, while acknowledging that its ranks of enlisted men and officers have been badly affected by the disease.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38059

SWAZILAND: Army to Reject HIV-Positive Recruits
23 December 2004 (PlusNews ), Swaziland officials announced last week that the country's armed forces would not accept HIV-positive recruits.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38056

SWAZILAND: Swazis strengthen efforts to fight HIV/AIDS stigma
19 November 2004 (PlusNews ), Shame was replaced by solidarity at the launch of an umbrella body of organisations of Swazis living with HIV/AIDS this week.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37916

SWAZILAND: Construction declines as impact of HIV/AIDS builds up
5 November 2004 (PlusNews ), The rate of construction in Swaziland has more than halved as a result of the AIDS pandemic, as property owners and small businesses are forced to spend more money on medical bills and funerals.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37876

SWAZILAND: Men urged to take more responsibility in curbing HIV/AIDS
7 October 2004 (PlusNews ), Heterosexual men need to take more responsibility for trying to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, according to regional health experts.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37762

SWAZILAND: Men urged to reduce effects of AIDS on women
7 October 2004 (PlusNews ), A workshop by the Commonwealth Secretariat's Health Section in Swaziland is seeking greater involvement from men in reducing the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS among women.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37761

SWAZILAND: Grassroots approach to orphan care
22 September 2004 (PlusNews ), The Swazi government and the United Nations Children's fund (UNICEF) are canvassing the country's 55 rural districts in a novel initiative to collect ideas for developmental programmes aimed at orphans and vulnerable children.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37494

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