Baylor Eswatini

The Ministry of Health’s primary healthcare provider for pediatric HIV/AIDS

HIV testing services (HTS) remain the entry point to the care we provide in our clinics. Reaching more people — as early as possible — is the key to delivering high quality health care and improving health outcomes. Baylor Swaziland tested 1,221 people for HIV during 2016, and 196 (81 were under 15 years of age) were either diagnosed with HIV or came in with a known HIV-positive status. All those clients were linked to care and treatment.

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Baylor Swaziland contributes vast pediatric expertise at a national policy level as a member of Swaziland’s HTS Technical Working Group, which is part of the country’s AIDS Programme to achieve an HIV-free generation and an AIDS-free population by 2022.

Testing services also provide an opportunity to provide health education. Each morning at the clinic, health workers conduct talks in the reception area with waiting patients about HIV prevention, care, and reducing stigma and discrimination around the disease.