Eswatini has the highest incidence of HIV in the world, according to Unicef, and among the lowest life expectancies. Levels of tuberculosis and obesity are high and 63% of the 1.3 million population live in poverty.
Ezulwini, and the Lobamba clinic 20km away, each have a dozen staff who live on-site. They each treat 200 to 300 patients daily, who will often have walked 10 to 15km and queued for hours to be seen.
Robert Frazer, managing director of Frazer Solar, the German company behind the tanks, said the impact is “massive”.
“We take hot water for granted in the west but in Eswatini it’s an absolute luxury,” he said.
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