Alleviate and eliminate Global Poverty

mothers2mothers uses “Mentor Mothers” – HIV+ moms – to teach HIV+ mothers-to-be how to assure that babies arrive into the world free of HIV – and stay that way. Peer-to-peer support has proven one of the most successful ways to prevent mother-to-fetus HIV transmission, and now m2m is adapting their model to achieve family health beyond pregnancy and birth. Moreover, m2m is serious about scaling up success: they are teaching other organizations – ministries of health and big NGOs – how to adapt and use the model in their own settings. Today, 1 in 4 HIV+ women who deliver in m2m’s seven countries of operation receive education and support from a Mentor Mother.

Living Goods creates an Avon Lady-like network of women going door-to-door selling health products, doing health education and making clinic referrals and they’ve reduced child mortality by 27% in East African communities where they work. Living Goods’ village based health entrepreneurs deliver dramatically better health outcomes at lower cost. Their approach blends best practices from business and public health: Agent financial incentives are aligned with better health outcomes, and efficient inventory management ensures they have the medicines their customers need at a price they can afford.