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“ALONE IT IS HARD, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE IT…” MEN CALLED TO ACTION ON THE WORLD AIDS DAY

Dec 7, ’12 10:17 AM

This post has been written by Luisa Brumana, Senior HIV Specialist in UNICEF Mozambique

Last Saturday, December 1st, I attended the central ceremony for commemoration of World AIDS Day, which this year in Mozambique concentrated on the theme: “É possível acabar com a transmissão do HIV de Mãe para o Filho”- or in English, “It is possible to stop transmission of HIV from mother to child”.     

When the National AIDS Council (CNCS), through its Communication Group, asked for support in identifying women who had gone through the Preventing Mother-to-Child transmission (PMTCT) programme and who could come and provide their testimony about their experience, I immediately thought about the mothers of the association Kuplumussana. In the Sena language, Kuplumussana means “Save One Another”.

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WORLD AIDS DAY: HONORING THE MOTHERS

Dec 1, ’11 9:41 AM

The mothers of the "mae para mae" group in Beira

Every year, on December 1st, the world stops and remembers the tragedy of HIV/AIDS, the millions of people lost to the disease, and the many who are fighting HIV/AIDS along with their families. In Mozambique HIV prevalence is 11.5%, which translates in approximately 1.4 million people living with HIV across the country. The disease hits predominantly young women living in cities and has a big toll on children too: 130,000 children age 0-14 suffer from the disease and four times as many are orphans due to AIDS. Data don’t tell a story of hope, but within the communities there are signs that a better future is possible: the HIV Positive Mothers Support Groups are one of these signs.

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