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Worldwide missions
Swaziland
General information
Action Against Hunger's Mission
Launch Date: January 2007
International staff: 6
Local staff: 10
Key figures
Population: 1 million
HDI: 141 out of 179
Humanitarian context
Swaziland is a tiny, mountainous country with the highest HIV and AIDS prevalence in the world (33.4%). An extremely high percentage of the population has no access to drinking water. Two-thirds of the population live in chronic poverty and one quarter depend on food relief. Most inhabitants do not make it past the age of 40.
• Life expectancy at birth: 40
• Literacy rate: 79.6%
• GDP per capita (dollars calculated according to purchasing power): 4,824
• Population with no access to drinking water: 38%
• Population without basic sanitation: 52%
• Chronic infant malnutrition rate: 37%
• Prevalence of HIV/AIDS: 33.4%
• Surface area: 17364 square km
• Political regime: absolutist monarchy
Action Against Hunger in Swaziland
Nutrition
- Re-establishing a sustainable monitoring system to detect infant malnutrition.
- Participating in the launch of a nationwide nutritional and mortality survey.
- Including the nutritional and mortality component in the surveys conducted by the World Food Programme and the vulnerability analyses.
Health
- Training of healthcare and community staff in the treatment of malnutrition, in line with the appropriate treatment protocols.
- Technical assistance for the Ministry of Health.
Funding
ECHO, AECI
