ESWATINI PLEDGES E91M TO GLOBAL FUND
11 October 2019
The impact of this funding, according to the Eswatini HIV Incidence Measurement Survey (SHIMS 2), has seen a drastic decline of new HIV infections in the kingdom by almost half (44%) from 2.5 per cent to 1.4 per cent among adults (ages 18-49 years). With regards to TB, the rising notification of TB cases has been halted and there has been a drop in the number of TB cases over time, since 2011, when government declared TB as an emergency.