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It is estimated that 700,000 infants lose their lives to HIV each year. This number is staggering, especially considering the recent advances that have been made in anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy. These advances have nearly eliminated the risk of the transmission of the virus from HIV-positive mothers to their babies receiving the treatment. Nonetheless, the problem lies in the delivery of the therapy, as the majority of these HIV-positive mothers live in war-torn and poverty-stricken areas.

Dr. Arthur Ammann is the president of Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 committed to reaching out to women and children infected with HIV. Global Strategies lives up to its name, taking the lead where many organizations dare not go due to unstable governments or struggling economies. Most recently, Global Strategies has focused their efforts in countries such as Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. In these countries, they join with healthcare partners, like CMMB, to train local healthcare workers and import medications and supplies.

Since 2000, CMMB has donated over $715,000 in ARV medicines to Global Strategies, which Dr. Ammann is able to deliver to areas where they are most needed. “Receiving a shipment is very moving. When we get boxes with thousands of doses, that’s thousands of mothers and babies we are helping,” says Dr. Ammann. “We are thankful. There are stories behind these individuals who benefit from the medications. The personal aspect brings meaning to what we are doing.”

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