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6 U.S. Senators Visit mothers2mothers Site

Six U.S. Senators visited mothers2mothers Site B Clinic in Khayelitsha on Monday to to learn first-hand about efforts to combat HIV/AIDS. The senators were led by Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) and included senators John Thune (Republican-South Dakota), John Barrasso (Republican-Wyoming), Mike Johanns (Republican-Nebraska), Kay Hagan (Democrat-North Carolina), and Richard Burr (Republican-North Carolina).

 

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mothers2mothers Launches in Europe

Live performance from Annie Lennox at London launch event, 29thNovember, One Mayfair

mothers2mothers launched in Europe with a live performance from singer, song writer and campaigner, Annie Lennox at One Mayfair on Tuesday, 29 November.

Annie Lennox, a long standing supporter of the charity added:

"mothers2mothers now reaches one in five of the world's HIV positive women- a phenomenal achievement. There is an invaluable empathy that mothers feel towards other mothers living in the shadow of HIV and with our funding and support, they can help women like them wherever medical assistance is scarce."

Read Annie Lennox's World AIDS Day themed blog on Mumsnet.

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HIV in Africa

In Baragwanath Hospital, outside of Johannesburg in South Africa, 8,000 HIV-positive women give birth each year - more than the number of HIV-positive women giving birth in one year across the entire United States. Ninety percent of HIV-positive babies are born in sub-Saharan Africa and 75 percent of the world’s HIV-positive pregnant women live in 12 African countries. 

Of the 33 million people living with HIV worldwide, 22 million are in sub-Saharan Africa. Read about how we help

 

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mothers2mothers (m2m) offers an effective, sustainable model of care that provides education and
support for pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV.

Our Numbers So Far

7

Number of countries mothers2mothers operates in*

592

Number of mothers2mothers sites*

* As of November 2011

1475

Number of Mentor Mothers working for mothers2mothers*

* As of November 2011

275,000

Number of HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers enrolled in m2m programs in 2010

* Our programs in Rwanda and Zambia, funded by USAID's New Partner's Initiative (NPI), closed in May 2011 and January 2012 respectively after successful completion of the project objectives.

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