AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoMaternal health push: UNFPA marked International Day of the Midwife with a call to invest in more midwives, saying empowered midwives are central to cutting preventable maternal deaths; it noted Eswatini’s institutional maternal deaths fell from 33 (2021) to 23 (2024). Mental health spotlight: Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is set to keynote a regional mental health learning workshop in Johannesburg, with WHO data showing depression and anxiety remain major burdens across Africa, including eSwatini. Suicide rates warning: WHO figures place Eswatini among the highest suicide-rate countries in Africa (31.0 per 100,000), underscoring the growing mental health strain. Health research funding: The Thanzi Programme’s Centre for Health Economics secured a grant to expand health systems research into Namibia and Zambia, aiming to strengthen universal health coverage and policy use across the region, building on work that includes Eswatini. Domestic violence case: A 24-year-old woman in Hhohho was sentenced to four years for emotional abuse and malicious damage under the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Act, including insults and damaging property. Workforce and health systems: A regional mental health meeting and midwife investment both point to the same theme: strengthening frontline care and support systems.
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