BY ANDREW DLAMINI
MBABANE – His Majesty’s Correctional Services together with their partners hosted the annual AIDS Day Commemoration at the Matsapha Correctional Staff College sports ground yesterday.
Phindile Dlamini, Commissioner General at His Majesty’s Correctional Services, stated that inmates and correctional staff receive 100 percent healthcare services. She expressed gratitude to the partners for their consistent support in HIV/AIDS-related matters.
“We are about to finish our wellness policy that will help us a lot at work to assist the officers and inmates,” said Dlamini.
Dlamini further commented that the institution would support all programs that Eswatini has on the issue of HIV/AIDS.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Manzini, and Acting Regional Matron Samkelisiwe Ndzinisa highlighted the necessity to focus on profiling.
“It is important that we continue to profile our service consumers to ensure that we provide the response services,” said Ndzinisa.
The Programs Coordinator at the National Emergency Response Council on HIV and AIDS (NERCHA), Sydney Nkambule, acknowledged the proactive initiatives undertaken by the institution in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
“There were comprehensive interventions that were done, we need a hospital that does prevention services, that does treatment care and support, that treats all people no matter if they are inmates or not here at Correctional,” said Nkambule.
