Swaziland
With an estimated adult prevalence of 25.9 percent,
based on recent data from the 2006–2007
Demographic and Health Survey, Swaziland has
the world’s most severe HIV/AIDS epidemic, which
poses a serious challenge to the country’s economic
development. Results from this population-based
survey represent improved accuracy of HIV/AIDS
estimates and indicate a lower national prevalence rate
than the 33.4 percent previously reported in the 2006
UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Since the
country’s first AIDS case was reported in 1986, the
epidemic has spread relentlessly in all parts of
Swaziland. From 1992 to 2004, prevalence among
pregnant women attending antenatal clinics rose from
3.9 percent to 42.6 percent, according to Swaziland’s
2005 report to UNGASS. According to UNAIDS, in
2005, women aged 15 to 24 attending antenatal clinics
had an HIV prevalence of 39 percent nationally and 43 percent in Manzini. UNAIDS also estimates that approximately 220,000
people in Swaziland are HIV positive, including 15,000 children under age 15.
USAID program and technical support focuses on prevention, human capacity development, nongovernmental organization capacity building, and health systems strengthening. USAID also provides significant technical assistance to the development and management of anti-retroviral therapy and patient monitoring systems in order to assist Swaziland in adhering to Global Fund requirements.
View the USAID
HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Swaziland - September 2008 [PDF, 182KB].
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