Summary

HIV/AIDS continues to pose an immense challenge to Swaziland, as the Kingdom strives to prevent and control the epidemic which is growing at an alarming rate. The first AIDS case was officially reported in 1986 and since then, the number of AIDS cases has been increasing annually and in the past years the statistics on HIV/AIDS have increased dramatically. The impact of the epidemic in the country is becoming more visible as mortality and morbidity amongst the productive age group has increased.