Replication of the MAMA + Model to Prevent Child Abandonment by HIV positive women

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Replication of the MAMA+ Model to Prevent Child Abandonment by HIV positive women in Yekaterinburg Olga Sukovatova, MD, MPH Project Coordinator HealthRight International, Russia

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Replication of

the MAMA+ Model to Prevent

Child Abandonment by HIV positive women

in Yekaterinburg

Olga Sukovatova, MD, MPH

Project Coordinator

HealthRight International, Russia

Project

“MAMA+”: Comprehensive services for HIV-positive mothers and their children

MAMA+ has been replicated in

four cities in Russia, nine cities in Ukraine and in Hanoi (Vietnam)

In 2010-2012, MAMA+ model was replicated in Yekaterinburg

Results

• A government-NGO risk screening, home visiting and case management service established in five government social service centers

• 425 children remained in their birth families

• Rate of child abandonment by HIV-positive women in Yekaterinburg decreased from 6.3% in 2009 to 1.9% in 2011

• Government of St. Petersburg

• US Agency for International Development

• World Childhood Foundation

• Johnson & Johnson

• M•А•C AIDS Fund

Donors