The Guardian, 17 November 2011
Swaziland has failed to pay more than $10m (£6.3m) in grants to Aids orphans, the IMF says, despite the vast wealth enjoyed by its absolute monarch. Read the rest of this entry »
Swaziland: HIV+ patients in a dilemma
By Sarah | January 10, 2012
Times of Swaziland, 10 January 2012
Many HIV positive patients in the country cannot have their CD4 count checked as there are still no analyser machine reagents in the country’s hospitals.
This is because government lacaks E7 million to purchase them, it has since been gathered. Read the rest of this entry »
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Swaziland: Home of the forgotten despot
By admin | December 7, 2011
Morning Star, 5 December
If you were asked what you knew about Swaziland, what would be your response? What do you know about this small country of less than a million people located between Mozambique and South Africa?
As the Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate on a recent ACTSA visit to southern Africa, I had little knowledge of Swaziland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stephen Lewis: “Reduced support to Global Fund tantamount to murder”
By Sarah | December 6, 2011
Aids-free World, 6 December 2011
Remarks by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World, delivered at a plenary session at the 2011 International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA)
With your indulgence, I’m going to deviate from the assigned topic. I shall address the Millennium Development Goals, but not in the way that was anticipated.
There are two reasons. First, I want to speak in an unusually personal way, and from the heart, and in a fashion that leaves no room for ambiguity. Second, I consider the attack on the Global Fund to be the most serious assault it has endured in its ten-year history. I would feel utterly delinquent to let the issue slide. Read the rest of this entry »
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President Zuma launches new South Africa strategy on HIV/AIDS and TB
By Sarah | December 2, 2011
South Africa Presidency, 1 December 2011
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of World AIDS Day and the launch of National Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and TB for 2012-2016, Port Elizabeth
On this day each year, the world gathers to reflect on progress made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and to recommit to taking the battle forward. Read the rest of this entry »
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Funding shortage dampening optimism on AIDS progress
By Mark | November 30, 2011
The international community has made extraordinary progress in the past decade in the fight against Aids but a funding crisis is putting those gains at risk, United Nations health agencies said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Swaziland’s super-rich king fails to find money for Aids orphans
By Sarah | November 18, 2011
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Swaziland: Funding fiasco leaves country short of lab supplies
By Sarah | November 16, 2011
IRIN/Plus News Global, 15 November 2011
First there were national shortages of HIV medication, then of HIV tests, now Swaziland lacks the lab tests essential for initiating and managing HIV patients on treatment. To make matters worse, the country chose not to apply for the international funding that could have safeguarded antiretroviral (ARV) stocks. Read the rest of this entry »
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Women lead the way in the struggle against Swaziland’s HIV crisis
By Sarah | October 27, 2011
The Guardian, 26 October 2011
Siphiwe Hlophe’s shrewd, enterprising spirit is apparent within moments of meeting her. “You work for Comic Relief?” she says. “Brilliant! I might walk away from this meeting with some money.” Hlophe, a Swazi woman living with HIV, wants the money for the charity she directs, Swaziland for Positive Living (Swapol), which supports rural communities affected by HIV. Read the rest of this entry »
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SWAZILAND: New aviation rules ground HIV-positive pilots
By Sarah | October 26, 2011
IRIN PlusNews Global, 25 October 2011
Swazi HIV activists are up in arms over pending aviation guidelines that will stop people living with HIV from ever piloting an aircraft.
“This is pure discrimination, and if the rule is enforced it will be challenged on constitutional grounds prohibiting such bigotry,” said Helen Dlamini, a human rights activist in the central commercial town of Manzini, site of Swaziland’s only airport. Read the rest of this entry »
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Youth and student delegation, day ten: Swaziland
By Mark | September 13, 2011
A long, rocky road but the end is nigh
Swaziland Positive Living, Foundation for Social and Economic Justice, Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly
Written by Awet Sara Yohans
It is a long journey from Manzini to the heart of rural Mahlangatsha; not so because of the distance, but by the unpaved roads and large rocks which make it difficult for our driver to navigate. I am grateful for the lengthy drive. I have utilised this opportunity to reflect on my time in southern Africa (a rare treat since the itinerary leaves little time for introspection). Through the minibus window, as though watching a silent movie, we pass through striking images of the Read the rest of this entry »
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