Our Impact

Since we began in 2001, m2m has…

Created over 12,000 jobs for women living with HIV.

Reached more than 17 million people with critical health services in sub-Saharan Africa.

We undertake in-depth programme reviews every year.

We also release regular quarterly reports with our latest reach and impact.

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In 2023, m2m…

Achieved impact at scale

774,307

new and returning clients were reached through direct services, eServices, and technical assistance.

910

women living with HIV were employed directly by m2m as community health workers called “Mentor Mothers.”

342

locations in which Mentor Mothers provided direct services, including health facilities and in the surrounding communities.

Took a step closer to an HIV-free generation

0.0%

– the rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among m2m enrolled clients in 2023 [1]. This is the tenth consecutive year that m2m’s transmission rate has been below the benchmark of 5% that the UN defines as “virtual elimination.”

95-95-95

In 2023, m2m met or surpassed UNAIDS’ ambitious 95-95-95 targets for HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression, a significant milestone on the journey to end HIV.

Improved the health of women, children, and adolescents

Women

97%

of m2m clients who tested positive for HIV accessed treatment in 2023, compared to a benchmark of 83% in sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

97%

of enrolled m2m clients were retained in care and on treatment at 12 months in 2023, well above a global benchmark of 74% [3], and the retention rates among our clients in 2022 (95%) and 2021 (93%).

93%

of our clients used modern family planning methods in 2023, compared to a benchmark of 56% in sub-Saharan Africa. [4] This helps to improve maternal and child health outcomes, advance gender equity, and reduce poverty.

100%

of clients we referred for tuberculosis (TB) testing in 2023 received a test, and all those who tested positive for TB were successfully linked to treatment.

1. Only sites that use fully digital data collection were included in this analysis, meaning selected projects in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, and Tanzania were not included. 2.https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/UNAIDS_FactSheet_en.pdf (p.6)
3. https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jun-2024/retention-hiv-care-has-declined-treat-all-guidelines-introduced
4. https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa_pd_2022_world-family-planning.pdf

Children

99%

of children receiving m2m’s early childhood development services in 2023 reached all of their developmental milestones at 12 months.

98%

of our clients had received age-appropriate childhood immunisations to safeguard their health by their first birthday, up from 96% in 2022. This far exceeds and average regional benchmark of 56%.[5]

5. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11466-5

Adolescents

86%

of m2m adolescent clients (ages 10-19) accessed condoms in 2023, well above the 31% benchmark for sub-Saharan Africa. [6] This is crucial for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies.