According to the embassy's source, the extension of the partnership corresponds to a disbursement of an additional US$50,000, and since 2006, US$6.5 million has been invested in several projects in the health sector.
The New Infection Reduction through Social Support and Education II (RISE II) project, developed through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched in Angola in October 2019 and is implemented by the organization Mother2Mothers (m2m), which means in Portuguese "From Mothers to Mothers".
The m2m works in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the National Institute for the Fight Against AIDS in the adaptation and adoption of the Mother Mentors model on a national scale.
"Through our ExxonMobil Foundation we are very proud to collaborate with the RISE II program, USAID, and m2m which play an important role in assisting Angola to achieve the goal of reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission from 26 percent to 14 percent by 2021," said ExxonMobil's general director in Angola, Andre Kostelnik, quoted in a statement from the embassy.
According to the president of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organizations (ANASO), António Coelho, the country has 340,000 people with HIV, of which only 93,000 receive antiretroviral treatment.
The responsible, cited this Wednesday by Angop, indicated that the number of HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are increasing.
