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Aylline Dlamini
Age: 78
Home: Ezulwini, central Swaziland, southern Africa
Grandmother Aylline Dlamini from Swaziland in southern Africa was looking forward to a well earned retirement from the health service. But that was before she turned her home into a day care centre for AIDS orphans.
Filed in: Africa, HIV/AIDS

Swaziland background

Tiny Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV in the world
One of the world’s last absolute monarchies with no legalised political parties and no constitution
The king has ten wives and three fiancees, drawing criticism from many AIDS campaigners
A third of the population rely on food aid and two thirds survive on less than a dollar a day

Filed in: Africa, HIV/AIDS

Swaziland

Swaziland
population: 1.1 million
life expectancy: 35
adult HIV rate: 38%
unemployment rate: 40%