Eswatini

Sawubona

Supporting the fight against HIV/AIDS and driving lasting health and hope.

Selected Achievements

  • Jhpiego supported the Ministry of Health to provide voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services to more than 181,334 men and boys and to develop the VMMC National Strategic Plan (2019–2023).

  • We led the 2021 approval of task shifting for VMMC services, transitioning from doctor-led to nurse-led implementation, and trained 166 nurse circumcisers under a new Task Shifting Implementation Plan.

  • Jhpiego helped build national capacity by training more than 400 health workers since 2020 in clinical skills, quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation, adverse events protocols, and demand creation for VMMC.

Eswatini

Areas of Expertise

Our Projects

Strengthening Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Jhpiego is advancing the quality, visibility, and sustainability of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in Eswatini.

  • As part of the sustainability strategy, Jhpiego is helping to transition mentorship responsibilities to Regional AIDS Coordinators, ensuring ongoing professional development and localized ownership.

  • Jhpiego implemented a range of marketing activities to promote VMMC services including media engagement, social media campaigns, billboard placements, and vehicle branding to enhance public visibility and awareness. Jhpiego played a pivotal role in organizing and supporting national health campaigns focused on VMMC, further amplifying outreach efforts. Using a human-centered design approach, the organization developed tailored information, education, and communication materials to effectively educate and engage communities about the benefits and importance of VMMC.

  • Jhpiego supports continuous quality improvement through a national Continuous Quality Improvement tool and teams, while strengthening data systems by integrating a VMMC module into the national reporting platform and conducting regular data quality audits.

  • Jhpiego supported in transitioning from paper-based reporting to advanced digital systems by developing customized data collection tools that enhanced consistency, accuracy, and efficiency in capturing and analyzing health program data across various service delivery points. As part of this effort, Jhpiego successfully developed and integrated the VMMC module into the national health reporting system, significantly strengthening data management and enabling streamlined reporting, monitoring, and evaluation of VMMC services at the national level. To further improve the quality of health data, Jhpiego conducted regular Data Quality Audits, which helped identify gaps, enhance data accuracy, and ensure the reliability of information used for decision-making and continuous program improvement.

Promoting HIV Literacy and Reducing Stigma

Be.U (Yibanguwe) Campaign

  • In partnership with the Ministry of Health’s HIV Testing Services Program, Jhpiego launched the Be.U (Yibanguwe) campaign to improve HIV literacy and treatment adherence. The campaign reduces unnecessary retesting, encourages disclosure, and addresses HIV stigma, with a special focus on engaging students and staff in tertiary institutions through structured dialogues on testing, stigma, and sustained care.

Improving Health Through Integrated Approaches

Reaching Impact Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE)

  • Reaching Impact Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) is a multi-country project funded by the U.S. Government to save lives and improve health through integrated, evidence-based approaches to address urgent gaps in lifesaving services. RISE works across all levels of the health system to strengthen the HIV/TB epidemic response, to limit the spread of deadly disease outbreaks through Global Health Security programming, and to reduce preventable morbidity and mortality through integrated maternal, newborn, and child health, nutrition, tuberculosis, and malaria services. RISE supports country governments to strengthen essential data systems, supply chain and commodity management, human resources for health, domestic resource mobilization, and other cross-cutting health system functions to accelerate transition to country ownership. Since 2019, RISE has supported programs in more than 25 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The program runs through December 2027. Learn more here.

Country Director

Dr. Ayanda Dlamini

Country Director
“Jhpiego Eswatini has proudly supported the Ministry of Health in providing VMMC services to men and boys and training health workers to strengthen service delivery and uphold the highest standards of care. We’ve also advanced HIV patient literacy—empowering communities with accurate understanding of HIV status, reducing unnecessary retesting, and promoting lifelong treatment adherence.”
— Dr. Ayanda Dlamini, Country Director, Jhpiego Eswatini