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Mitchell Besser: Madres que ayudan a otras madres a luchar contra el VIH

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En el África subsahariana hay más predominancia de VIH y los médicos son más escasos que en cualquier otro lugar del mundo. Debido a una falta de profesionales médicos, Mitchell Besser obtuvo el apoyo de sus pacientes para crear mothers2mothers (de madre a madre), una red extraordinaria de mujeres seropositivas, que con su apoyo mutuo están cambiando y salvando vidas.

How can mothers with HIV avoid passing it to their kids? In South Africa, Mitchell Besser tapped a new resource for healthcare: moms themselves. The program he started, mothers2mothers, trains new mothers to educate and support other moms. Full bio »

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Reviewed by Adriana Calambas
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