CMMB initiates
and operates healthcare programs that help build
the capacity of local communities to provide
long-term sustainable healthcare.
CMMB healthcare
programs include:
AIDSRelief: Delivery and administration of anti-retroviral
therapies to HIV-infected individuals in Africa
and the Caribbean
Born
to Live: Voluntary counseling
and testing of expectant mothers; administration
of the drug nevirapine prior to and following
delivery, to help prevent mother-to-child transmission
(PMTCT) of HIV.
Choose
to Care: Hospice care for
the dying, as well as housing, food and education
for children who have lost parents, in five countries
across southern Africa.
Responding
to AIDS in China and India: Training of nurses and doctors in China
in HIV prevention, care and counseling. Education
of nurses, doctors and students in India on HIV
prevention.
Accion for
la Salud Familiar: Community-based program that works to improve
family health in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Back
to Haiti: Primary healthcare, life skills training, and public health information for children and their parents in Haiti.
Men Taking Action: Program in Zambia to address male attitudes and practices that negatively affect women attending antenatal clinics and accessing PMTCT services
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