HP and mothers2mothers have announced a new collaboration aimed at using technology to help prevent the transmission of HIV from HIV-positive mothers to their children.
By using new databas technology, along with cloud and mobile services HP will take the current paper-based records system online. HP hopes that the added efficiency from this will help counselors provide more effective education and support for pregnant mothers.
The system will provide easy access to up-to-date information on patient treament plans and better reporting tools - allowing mothers2mothers to scale knowledge and best practices to its network.
Mothers2mothers counsels more than 1.5 million women in nine sub-saharan countries each year, where mother-to-chil transmission rates remain high in part due to the challenge in making sure mothers adhere to medical treatment.
“With mothers2mothers’ rich understanding of health challenges in Africa, we can transform the lives of women in Africa and provide greater hope in winning the fight against HIV/AIDS, " said Frank van Rees, Country Managing Director and HP Enterprise Business Lead, South Africa.
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