AFRO-NETS> WHO Commends Swaziland for Open Stance on AIDS

[Dieter Neuvians MD <neuvians@harare.iafrica.com>]

WHO Commends Swaziland for Open Stance on AIDS
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Source: PANA Wire Service Online 

Dr. Ebrahim M. Samba, the World Health Organisation regional director 
for Africa, has praised officials in Swaziland for publicly acknowledg-
ing that HIV/AIDS has become a "national disaster".

Samba says that such a statement will help focus governmental attention 
on the problem, as well as spur intervention by international health 
organisations. The inception of the Swaziland "Crisis Management and 
Technical Committee on HIV/AIDS", is a sign that the country is prepar-
ing to face the disease head-on.

In Swaziland, the prevalence of HIV has risen from 26 percent to 32 
percent in two years, according to Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini.

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