The Nhlangano AIDS Training Information and Counseling Center (NATICC) is a

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, non-profit NGO that provides information, training and counseling on

HIV The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immu ...

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

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Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. 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. 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.

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NATTAC Eswatini websiteAbout NATICC
on the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation website {{Authority control HIV/AIDS in Africa Medical and health organisations based in Eswatini Organizations established in 2002 2002 establishments in Swaziland Shiselweni Region