Mbabane – Marcia Motsa, a human-resources professional and mother of two, from Manzini, Eswatini, started her journey with blood donation during high school, when the local blood bank visited and provided detailed inform…
Read moreMbabane – It was an enormous relief to mother Jabumkhaliphi Sifundza when her ten-year-old daughter, Nozweno, was vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). She’d heard about the vaccine on social media and wanted to…
Read moreLast year, Eswatini applied for the GAVI grant which is meant to assist the country scale up the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive that was launched in June 2023. Eswatini is one of the countries with a high c…
Read moreMbabane ‒ The Kingdom of Eswatini, like the rest of the world, was immensely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing different waves each affecting an increasing number of people. Between March and December…
Read more“Blood transfusion saved my life, so I know how important it is to donate blood” - Mphikeleli Mlotsa. In 2023 during school break, Mphikeleli Mlotsa, a Form 4 student at Nyetane High School was involved in a g…
Read moreThe Multi-Country Assignment Team (MCAT) - South Africa Hub, covering South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Botswana, held a significant retreat from March 6-8, 2024. This event, hosted in South Africa, aimed to strengthe…
Read moreMbabane – Eswatini has made great strides in its response to HIV. New HIV infections have fallen steadily over the years, from 14 000 in 2010 to 4800 in 2020, and are projected to drop to 4300 by the end of 2023. …
Read more Following the recommendations of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018 in the Kingdom of Eswatini, 25 technical officers have been trained to respond to em…
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