[Slideshow] A New Approach to Fighting HIV/AIDS in Swaziland

next Swaziland 2013 © MSF In Swaziland, 26 percent of the population aged between 15 and 49 is HIV-positive. In 2007, Swaziland approached Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to ask for help in the fight against HIV and Tuberculosis and MSF started a project with the Ministry of Health (MoH). In February 2013, MSF started rolling out an innovative approach called PMTCT B+ for HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women. # prev | next Swaziland 2013 © Yasuhiko Okuno Gift Mumanga, Senior Nurse at Tfokotani Clinic, talks to a patient. “It’s not easy to have people tested," she says. "When the result is positive, they think ‘Oh, now people will push me aside.’ Taking a treatment for the rest of their lives is another fear for the patients.” # prev | next Swaziland 2013 © Yasuhiko Okuno Johannes Zwane, community leader, says, “We are really encouraging men, especially young ones, to support their HIV-positive partners. Also I encourage them to come forward to get tested. I believe that once they have all the knowledge about HIV/AIDS, it is going to be easier for them to support their partners.” # prev | next Swaziland 2013 © Yasuhiko Okuno Ephriem Dube, a traditional healer, is HIV-positive and on treatment. He says, “I treat all illnesses except for HIV. It is true that I ...
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