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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
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Replication of the MAMA+ Model to Prevent Child Abandonment by HIV positive women in Yekaterinburg Olga Sukovatova, MD, MPHProject CoordinatorHealthRight International, Russia
Project “MAMA+”: Comprehensive services for HIV-positivemothers 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 • 425children remained in their birth families • Rate of child abandonment by HIV-positive women inYekaterinburg decreased from6.3% in 2009 to 1.9% in 2011
Donors • Government of St. Petersburg • US Agency for International Development • World Childhood Foundation • Johnson & Johnson • M•А•CAIDS Fund