Mitchell Besser
Founder & CEO | Revolutionizing Maternal Health in Africa
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Mitchell Besser is the Founder and CEO of mothers2mothers, a nonprofit organization that trains and employs women living with HIV as community health workers across 8 African countries. Under his leadership, mothers2mothers has reached over 11 million women and families, reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission rates by over 90% in the communities it serves. Besser has been recognized with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the Clinton Global Citizen Award for his pioneering work to strengthen maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Mothers helping mothers fight HIV
In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whose support for each other is changing and saving lives.
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