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Eswatini

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The landlocked nation of Swaziland is bordered by South Africa to the west and Mozambique to the east. The country has been battling the duel epidemic of HIV and tuberculosis (TB).

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first worked in Swaziland in 2007. Our projects have focused on improving diagnostics and treatment for HIV and TB, including drug-resistant TB, which does not respond to the most common treatments.

Kimberly Cremers
Pharmacist
Task Shifting
Swaziland has limited human resources in the healthcare sector and an increasing workload due to the dual epidemics of HIV and TB.According to the Human Resources for Health Strategic Pl
08 Jan 2014 / 3 minute read
Kimberly Cremers
Pharmacist
MSF in Swaziland
MSF has been in Swaziland since 2007 with a focus on the HIV and TB co-epidemics.
19 Dec 2013 / 3 minute read
Kimberly Cremers
Pharmacist
Where? When?
It’s hard to believe but I have been living in Swaziland for more than nine weeks!
10 Dec 2013 / 3 minute read
Zanele Mavuso
The continuing challenges of my treatment
I am still having problems with my feet. They ache especially when it’s cold. Other than that I feel much better now.
18 Oct 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Colisile Lushaba
No more injections
18 Oct 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Jabulile Sithole
Feeling strong!
I am happy to say that the MDR-TB treatment worked wonders for me, I have now put on a lot of weight, I feel strong and I am now working in the timber industry in Shise
18 Oct 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Zanele Mavuso
My support group
Suffering from MDR-TB made me fearful and withdrawn and as a result I stopped interacting with people, because I thought everyone around me knew I had a dreadful disease.
10 Aug 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Colisile Lushaba
Responsibility
The trouble I am faced with right now is that since mama
10 Aug 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Zanele Mavuso
Dependence
Contracting MDR-TB has made me a dependent person as I am currently unemployable.
01 Aug 2011 / 1 minute read
Jabulile Sithole
No more injections!
I am overwhelmed with joy and cannot believe that I am finally discontinuing the daily injection treatment for the MDR-TB.
28 Jul 2011 / 3 minute read
Zanele Mavuso
Family life
Due to the severity of MDR-TB, I had to leave my marital home where I lived with my five children to stay with my mother.
25 Jul 2011 / 1 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis
Colisile Lushaba
Feels like forever...
It feels like forever that I have been on the MDR-TB tre
25 Jul 2011 / 2 minute read
Eswatini
Multidrug- Resistant Tuberculosis