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Mentor Mother Story
South Africa
South Africa has the highest number of pregnant women living with HIV in the world*. In recent years, there has been a progressive development in the national HIV/AIDS and PMTCT strategy and policy, signaling a new era of increased treatment and care, unprecedented in South Africa’s history.
* Global Report: UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010
| OVERVIEW: (As of March 2012) | |
| Program inception | 2001 |
| Sites | 315 |
| Site Coordinators | 223 |
| Mentor Mothers | 619 |
| Adult HIV prevalence* | 17.8% |
*Estimate, UNAIDS Report of the Global AIDS Epidemic 2010
The birthplace of the first m2m program, m2m South Africa remains our flagship program and our largest, both in terms of the size of the program and client numbers. Operations are carried out in seven provinces, with the largest number of sites in KwaZulu-Natal, the province considered to be the epicenter of the HIV pandemic in southern Africa.
m2m South Africa is receiving positive feedback from facility staff, government officials and civil society partners about the progress Mentor Mothers are making in reducing stigma and encouraging more people to disclose their HIV status.
'It is not the end of life being diagnosed as HIV-positive. You can still live.
Mother-to-child transmission is a big problem, but it can be solved
through PMTCT programs like this.'
(Princess, Mentor Mother)
