HIV/AIDS infection rates in the small landlocked kingdom of Swaziland have leapt from 3,6% in 1992 to over 31,6%, the country’s national Aids programme has announced. The Swaziland National Aids Programme (SNAP) warned that the figures are, however, probably understated because women are still contracting the fatal pandemic twice as fast as men but are often too poor or rural to seek proper care. The rate of HIV-infection puts Swaziland, a country of under one million people, among the five countries with the highest levels of HIV-infection in the world. – African Eye News Service