The Nhlangano AIDS Training Information and Counseling Center (NATICC) is a faith-based, non-profit NGO that provides information, training and counseling on HIV/AIDS in Nhlangano, Eswatini. The formation of the organization in 2002 was prompted by the fact that the Shiselweni region has continued to have high infection rates (42.5% in 2004) as compared to other regions in Eswatini.[1][2]
NATICC is affiliated to the Free Evangelical Christian Fellowship of Eswatini. It is funded by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, and Norwegian Church Aid. NATICC comprises a team of well-trained HIV/AIDS educators and counselors. The center is based at the Bethesda Mission Station in Nhlangano, but reaches out to the whole of the Shiselweni Region. NATICC is the Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) Center for Nhlangano Town.
Since 2008, the Minister of Health in Eswatini has come from NATICC: first Benedict Xaba (2008-2013) and most recently Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane.[3]
References
edit- ^ Coordinating Comprehensive Care for Children (4Children) Semi-Annual Performance Report October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018
- ^ Suguayani. "Nhlangano AIDS Training Information and Counseling Center". List of Information. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ^ Mkhonta, Starsky (5 November 2013). "Ex-Minister Xaba Graceful in Defeat". Swazi Observer. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
