HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is rapidly overhauling Swaziland's social safety nets for children and women, and casting huge numbers of children into situations of unprecedented vulnerability.
Child protection
Child abuse continues to be one of the major obstacles to the realization of child rights in Swaziland. Many people remain uncomfortable broaching the topic and acknowledging it as a reality.
Girls' education
UNICEF is working with the Ministry of Education to increase access to quality primary education, especially for orphaned and vulnerable children.
Child rights
The situation of children and women continues to deteriorate as a result of the HIV and AIDS scourge. The combined effect of HIV/AIDS, poverty and food insecurity has left many children vulnerable.
Health
The main killers of young children in Swaziland are HIV/AIDS, followed by neonatal deaths, pneumonia, diarrhoea, and others. Malnutrition contributes to more than half of these deaths.
