mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers

Contact Solution Provider

Nozi Samela
mothers2mothers
Cape Town
8001
South Africa
27214669160
info@m2m.org

Solution Overview & Benefits

The mothers2mothers approach is simple and effective: employ and train mothers living with HIV to work alongside doctors and nurses, bringing critical information and support to pregnant women and new mothers with HIV. These “Mentor Mothers” have gone through prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs themselves. They are trained as peer educators and role models, educating pregnant women with HIV on how to keep themselves healthy and what steps they can take to have a healthy, HIV-free baby.

History & Development

mothers2mothers (m2m) is an organization founded in 2001 to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and sustain the long-term health of women and children by addressing the unique needs of pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV. m2m currently operates in 9 sub-Saharan countries (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya) employing 1765 mothers living with HIV who work in 714 sites in these countries. In 2010, 275,000 HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers were enrolled in m2m programs. At the same year, m2m was awarded the Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Impumelelo Innovations Awards Trust in South Africa and also received the Global Health Council's 2010 Best Practices in Global Health award. mothers2mothers is based in Cape Town and is led by its co-founders, Dr. Mitch Besser, Gene Falk, and Robin Smalley.

Availability

Publicly available: no
Countries where available: South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya

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