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“In the States, the HIV transmission from mother to child is almost completely preventable - the only mothers who really do transmit it are the ones who don't come in for care. If a mother in the United States or in Europe or in the UK comes to care and gets her medicines, she will have an HIV negative baby. Most people don't know that.”

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Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter known for her distinctive voice and musical talent. Born on December 25, 1954, she has been active in the music industry since the late 1970s. Renowned for her emotional delivery and diverse musical styles, Annie Lennox's work spans genres including pop, rock, soul, and folk. more

“If you do nothing, if a mother doesn't come for care, if she breastfeeds her baby, the chances of the baby getting HIV are about 40%. So it's about the difference between 40% and zero. This is almost totally preventable. But it requires mothers coming for care and getting the medicines they need, and getting the education and support they need.”

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“Just having medicine isn't equivalent to medical care. You need the health systems, you need to create the social framework so that people feel safe.”

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“We need money to scale up the services that bring medicine to mothers. The United States government's doing that. There's a global fund that's providing money. mothers2mothers provides for mothers who come in who don't have education, who don't have support. mothers2mothers employs mothers with HIV, mothers who were patients recently in the very same facilities. We take those mothers who were patients who've had their babies, we bring them back, we train them, we pay them, to be health care professionals.”