The 29th of April, 2017 went down in national history as the commencement of the first census data collection exercise in the country to utilize mobile Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
In line with the aspirations of Sustainable Development Goal 4 and UN Careers objectives, as in the past, the Swaziland Careers Fair – an initiative organized annually for high schools by the United World College of Southern Africa, afforded high school students the opportunity to learn about available career options in the UN.
“73% of adults in Swaziland living with HIV taking ARVs are virally suppressed,” the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland, His Excellency, Dr Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini announced yesterday in a statement during the presentation of the 2016 Swaziland HIV Incidence Measurement Survey 2 (SHIMS 2) findings at the Cabinet offices.
Digital technologies continue to unlock great prospects across the world as governments embrace the power of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to bring about the positive socio-economic transformation for the people. Subsequent to the development of an e-Government Strategy, His Excellency the Prime Minister, Dr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, has launched the e-Government Communication Strategy.
The day of the African Child (DAC) 2017 theme: For Every Child, Protection, Empowerment and Equal Opportunities set a strong tone for reflection at this year’s children’s month launch and commemoration of the Day of the African child which was held at Eqinisweni Primary School in the Shiselweni Region on the 16th of June.
As part of the overall national emergency response to the El Niño-induced drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) scaled up its cash-based interventions to reach 142,000 food insecure people in 2017 from the 30,000 assisted in 2016.
