On this page is a chronological account of our work. To find specific products according to kind, please go to our Resources tab. Please also see our Live Grants tab for current activities.
As the UK enters its second national COVID-19 lockdown, we publish ‘Confinement’ – our report on the effects of the first national lockdown on pregnant women living with HIV across the UK, together with recommendations of how to minimise the challenges. To access the report, click here.
26th Annual Conference of the British HIV Association. Longret Kwardem presented at the BHIVA Invited Lecture on Community Involvement in HIV Research. Power point presentation: https://www.bhiva.org/file/5fd20509867e7/LongretKwardem.pdf and video: https://vimeo.com/492005964 available
Longret Kwardem made a presentation about the importance of the meaningful involvement of women living with HIV in clinical trials. This was part of the online IAS HIV Conference on drug therapy. To access her visual presentation, click here.
We are happy to announce the publication of our new position paper on infant feeding for women living with HIV in the UK. This sets out our perspectives on the pros and cons of formula feeding and breastfeeding by women living with HIV in this high-income setting. It concludes by emphasising the importance of upholding women’s informed […]
Our latest webinar, no. 13, featured our Steering Group Chair, Dr Rageshri Dhairywawan of Barts Health NHS Trust. She spoke about “HIV and ethnic health inequalities with a focus on perinatal care”. She was joined by 4M Mentor Mothers for a great debate! To access the webinar on vimeo, click here. To access it on facebook […]
4M Mentor Mother Network Co-Director Longret Kwardem was invited to speak in a symposium about differentiated models of care in the international AIDS 2020 conference. You can view and hear her presentation here.
We are delighted to release our new Advocacy Brief, which documents our more recent activities and advocates for ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all women living with HIV across their perinatal care. Our Annex provides a year-by-year summary of all our activities. The 3-page summary, is here. The full Advocacy Brief is here.
Webinar no. 12 took place on International Women’s Health Day. This time our theme was HIV, pregnancy and COVID-19. Our speakers were Dr Alison Wright FRCOG of the Royal Free Hospital London and FIGO; and Elaine Cunnea, Head of Counselling at NAZ. To access the webinar, click here.
Webinar no. 11 took place in 2 parts, on 2nd and 9th April. This webinar is about violence against women and mental health issues in relation to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV. It also discusses the importance of trauma-informed care and offers some suggestions about how to improve […]
An article about our research on the use of WhatsApp for our 4M MM network has been published in the AIDS Care Journal. To access an abstract to the article, please click here.
We set up 4MNet to meet our priority of providing ourselves and our peers with psycho-social, perinatal support, as an essential part of our sexual and reproductive health and rights. This translates into positive outcomes for our babies, extended family and communities.
Core funding especially is an ongoing challenge for small women's rights organisations like ours and your support will go a long way in diversifying our income and sustainability to enable us uphold our Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights throughout our life.
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