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In the Beginning (colonialism)
In the mid-1980s, Swaziland's government responded to its country's first cases of AIDS by setting up the Swaziland National AIDS program (SNAP). SNAP introduced a short-term plan for 1986 to 1988, and later another plan, which lasted from 1989 to 1992. Both these campaigns aimed to provide information and education on HIV; promote condom use; manage the spread of sexually transmitted infections; and screen all donated blood. These are just a few of the things that the government did to help. -
HIV/AIDS remains a major problem (economic development)
Swaziland used to have the biggest problem with AIDS out of every other country in Africa. Even today they still deal with problems from AIDS. Economically, they have alot of people, but they are losing people just as fast as they create them due to AIDS. Because they are dieing so fast, they can't expan due to the lack of people. -
UNAIDS (health care)
According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS’s (UNAIDS’s) Epidemic Update 2009, average life expectancy fell between 1990 and 2007, in great part due to the epidemic. Approximately 190,000 people in Swaziland are HIV positive, including 15,000 children under age 15. This has caused health care problems becuase they can't afford to cure all of them without running out of the anecdote. -
Can't afford enough doctors (health care)
There is a cultural belief in procreation to increase the population size, and Swazis believe a woman should have a minimum of five children and that a man's role is to impregnate multiple partners. This is common and men may never get married but still have many children from multiple partners. This has caused a big health care problem because when you are pregnant you are to be looked at by a doctor regularly, but the government doesn't have enough money to pay an excessive amount of doctors. -
Deaths have raised (economic development )
From another perspective, the last available World Health Organization data shows that 61% of all deaths in the country were caused by HIV/AIDS. With a record death rate of 30 per 1000, this means that about 2% of the Swazi population dies from HIV every year. This epedimic has caused the country to use more money on HIV/AIDS cures than on the development of their country. -
Partnership Framework 2009-2013 (colonialism)
The government of Swaziland signed the Swaziland Partnership Framework on HIV and AIDS for 2009–2013. The Framework promotes a better approach to combating HIV/AIDS, characterized by strengthened country capacity, ownership, and leadership. This document was established to help with government's problems with HIV/AIDS, because they have too many problems to handle on their own without help.
