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. Project. “MAMA+”: Comprehensive services for HIV-positive mothers and their children - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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