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Eswatini is one of the countries which has been most affected by HIV. At the peak of the epidemic in 2015, almost one out of three people were living with HIV. In 1995, when there was no antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV, 73 000 people were living with HIV. 2400 people died of AIDS that year. Worried about the rising number of infections and deaths,
The People’s March was organised to focus attention and demand action on critical health issues including HIV, Aids, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. However, the march was abruptly cancelled “with no notice or justification”. The ban was accompanied by disturbing reports of activists being detai...
This is far from the first time the Global Fund would accuse recipients of its grants of fraud and mismanagement, a situation that hinders progress in the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria.
WFP Eswatini Country Brief, February 2021 Format US$ 757,305 cash-based transfers made in February 2021 US$ 5.4 million six-month (April–September 2021) net funding requirements 82,548 people assisted with cash-based transfers in February 2021 Operational Updates • WFP provides social safety nets for 55,000 orphans and vulnerable children under 5 years at the 1,700 Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs) in Eswatini through access to food and basic social services. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and associated containment measures, food distributions at the NCPs have been sus...
WFP Eswatini Country Brief, December 2020 Format US$ 4.9 million cash-based transfers made between January and December 2020 US$ 4.5 million six-month (January 2020-June 2021) net funding requirements 182,311 people assisted in December 2020 Operational Updates • WFP provides social safety nets for 55,000 orphans and vulnerable children under 5 years at the 1,700 Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs) in Eswatini through access to food and basic social services. • WFP works with the Government in implementing a sustainable, nutrition-sensitive, shock-responsive national school meals programme. ...