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mothers2mothers

mothers2mothers
Los Angeles, CA/South Africa
Current RRF Grant: $15,000
RRF Grant Recipient since 2007
Total Grants Awarded: $60,000

 

Mothers2Mothersmothers2mothers 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.

 


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