| mothers2mothers Los Angeles, CA/South Africa |
Current RRF Grant: $15,000 RRF Grant Recipient since 2007 Total Grants Awarded: $60,000 |
mothers2mothers provides education and psychosocial mentoring to help HIV+ pregnant women access services to prevent mother-to-child transmission and adhere to treatment. RRF funds the Kwamagwaza Hospital and Mthonjaneni Clinic in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, by supporting HIV/AIDS education and counseling to pregnant women and new mothers. An average of 600 patient contacts are made per month at these two clinics. mothers2mothers serves South Africa’s most populous province, that also has the highest birth rate and highest HIV sero-prevalence (more than 40% of pregnant women are infected). Without treatment, 25% of infected mothers will pass the disease on to their newborns.

