https://www.medsf.org/rss/eSwatini en https://www.medsf.org/msf-hands-over-hiv-and-tb-programme-eswatini-after-16-years As we hand over our HIV and TB programme in Eswatini to the Ministry of Health after 16 years, Bernhard Kerschberger, MEDSF head of mission, shares five key facts about our medical operations there. Fri, 26 May 2023 10:39:18 +0000 f0f22b9c-e9d0-4fee-8ca1-c7a1fabdc182 https://www.medsf.org/pharmaceutical-corporation-viiv-must-provide-transparency-life-saving-hiv-prevention-drug With affordable generics likely years away, ViiV must make information public on supply of long-acting cabotegravir and a global distribution plan to ensure access for people in high-HIV-burden low- and middle-income countries. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 13:08:47 +0000 a9bc163e-ff07-4093-9e02-44e02fc56bea https://www.medsf.org/msf-urges-immediate-delivery-covid-19-vaccines-southern-africa As Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi are being overwhelmed by the second wave of COVID-19, these countries are yet to receive any doses of vaccines, leaving their frontline health workers exposed. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:53:20 +0000 77c84d2c-d992-4de0-8c1d-ba0cde8d5cd9 https://www.medsf.org/responding-covid-19-eswatini The rise of coronavirus COVID-19 in Eswatini is of real cause for concern for MEDSF teams, a country that has the highest HIV prevalence, and one of the highest rates of TB, in the world. Fri, 08 May 2020 09:38:17 +0000 0bfb10a6-b771-42f4-80d4-e890d77623b7 https://www.medsf.org/aids-death-toll-stagnates-due-lack-community-level-testing Hundreds of thousands of people still die from AIDS because countries are ill-equipped to detect and treat them, new MEDSF report "No time to lose" reveals. Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:57:00 +0000 3673342f-f52b-414c-8a1d-b87f1efbd408 https://www.medsf.org/msf-report-examines-fight-against-aids-15-countries In a new report, "No time to lose", MEDSF reveals how the AIDS deaths toll is stagnating due to a lack of basic testing at a community level. Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:01:46 +0000 903fd8f0-5af6-4996-9faf-f8967abf8668 https://www.medsf.org/msf-hands-over-its-manzini-project-while-continuing-activities-shiselweni As a mark of the project's success and the great gains made in the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB in Swaziland, MEDSF is handing over its Manzini project to the Ministry of Health at the end of June 2018. Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:01:42 +0000 0d2487a3-b975-4302-9a1d-adc3bdabd212 https://www.medsf.org/swaziland-%E2%80%98-long-and-gruelling-seven-years-and-now-it-over%E2%80%99 “I am very grateful for the medical breakthrough. I think introducing these new medicines will help a lot of people.” Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:28:45 +0000 96397c69-99d8-4da4-9204-530061cd35dc https://www.medsf.org/swaziland-patients-extensively-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-xdr-tb-treatment-gruelling-journey Swaziland has one of the highest rates of TB and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) worldwide and 80 per cent of people in the country who contract TB are HIV positive. Mon, 27 Feb 2017 08:20:13 +0000 0cc7ef14-a80c-4fd2-91ee-182d73bb14ab https://www.medsf.org/msf-calls-quality-hiv-care-neglected-communities While significant progress has been made in South Africa since the first Durban conference in 2000, deadly and unnecessary HIV treatment gaps persist in other countries Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:00:00 +0000 861d79b5-1a6a-47ec-8a47-82db41df79c7