BMJ examines mother-to-mother peer educational initiative

Mar 14 2012

"As Southern African policymakers gather in London this month to discuss strategies for reducing new HIV infections in children, [freelance writer] Karen McColl reports on an initiative that uses affected mothers to provide support" in this BMJ feature article. BMJ provides a brief history of how the mothers2mothers (m2m) initiative -- established by obstetrician Mitch Besser and colleagues to develop a model of peer education and psychosocial support -- developed, writing, "What started as a few mothers providing education and support to their peers has now evolved, 10 years on, into an international program operating on 589 sites in seven countries" and "now employs 1,457 mentor mothers" (3/12).