Swaziland

Associated staff and scholars: Sizwe Ndlela,

The Kingdom of Swaziland is a small landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordering Mozambique and South Africa. It has a population of just over 1.1-million, and it is estimated that over 220 000 people in the country are living with HIV and AIDS, and the adult HIV prevalence rate is 38.8%.

According to the CIA factbook, “Swaziland recently surpassed Botswana as the country with the world’s highest known HIV/AIDS prevalence rate”.