The REPSSI project on improved outcomes for adolescent mothers includes:
- Setting up support groups for adolescent mothers which meet regularly
- Engaging with significant people in the adolescent mother’s life
- Training health workers on adolescent-friendly maternal and child health services to encourage early access to services such as antenatal care and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.
The project is being delivered in Zimbabwe, with support from UNICEF in several districts as well as SDC in districts affected by Cyclone Idai, and in Malawi in partnership with the YWCA, funded by Sweden.
Globally REPSSI is engaging with the Coalition for Children affected by AIDS (CCABA) to draw more attention to addressing the needs of adolescent mothers living with HIV.