The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on already-struggling economies all across the world.
According to a research published in December 2020, the Kingdom of Eswatini’s actual GDP growth decreased by at least 3.2 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most African countries have had a similar rate of contraction. This has been linked to the COVID-19 pandemic because of the close relationship between a country’s health care system and its economic security.
There have been evidence that the economy is improving over the previous ten years. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, shattered this initial favorable economic trend in 2020. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic must be viewed as both a health and an economic emergency.
COVID-19 has been verified in over 69 000 people in the Kingdom of Eswatini, with over 1400 deaths.
The World Health Organization, on the other hand, believes that the true death toll is substantially higher than the official figures. The medical community and economists are both concerned about the country’s recovery because of poor vaccination rates and a lack of access to medical care.
Vaccination reduces the likelihood of being seriously ill, which could result in hospitalization and death. Getting seriously ill also results in a lot of unneeded medical bills. To put it another way, there are significant financial incentives for both individuals and businesses to promote vaccination. Getting immunized is still the most direct and effective strategy to revive a sagging economy.
Thobile Dlamini, CEO of Eswatini Business Health & Wellness, says:
“It is vital to open up our economy and let the informal and formal business sectors to conduct business at the same level as before COVID-19. This was the driving force behind our organization’s vaccination of approximately 60 000 people in partnership with our partners. We’re still effectively vaccinating EmaSwati, and we want to vaccinate another 60 000 people.”
The state’s main method for combating both lack of access to health care and economic concerns is to allow for private sector-led economic transformation. Eswatini Business Health & Wellness is one of several private organizations leading the route to economic revival.
Eswatini Business Health and Health is a non-profit organization that brings together businesses, labor organizations, and government to achieve a national private sector response to workplace wellness.
The necessity for employees in a variety of businesses to get immunized and booster immunizations is an increasing critical health concern in the workplace. Vaccination is promoted by Eswatini Business Health and Wellness to preserve not only the physical health of employees but also the financial well-being of enterprises.
Eswatini Business Health and Wellness is working to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates, understanding that this is necessary to protect not only employees’ personal health but also the private sector’s financial stability.