Alliances & Collaborations

28 March 2022

Others

4MNet is a member of the One voice network and the National Digital Inclusion Network and an associate member of Hackney CVS.

4M has partnered with other organisations and you can access more resources below:

2023

Find Your Four

4M Net members were involved in the co-creation of the incredibly informative Find Your Four resources. Developed and co-created with Gilead Sciences and HIV community organisations.

This is a resource that focuses on four things (our mind, our body, our everyday life and our support), that people with HIV can think about to help us live well with HIV.

MumPredict research

In March 2023, 4MNet mentor mothers participated in a deep dive session to contribute to the MumPredict research focused on improving care for pregnant women & birthing people with 2 or more long-term conditions.

Check the website https://mumpredict.org/mum-predict/ for more details on the research.

BHIVA 2023 Poster Collaboration

Setting the research agenda involving women living with HIV in research on children born HIV free in the UK

Some of our Mentor Mothers co-authored a poster with Laurette Bukassa from UCL, that was highly commended at the April 2023 BHIVA conference in Newcastle titled “Setting the research agenda: Involving women living with HIV in research on children born HIV- free in the UK”.

Rapid ART study

Longret Kwardem co-authored a paper titled “Experiences of initiating rapid antiretroviral therapy among people newly diagnosed with HIV in East London: a qualitative study” published in BMJ ST.

2022

Nourish-UK

Nourish-UK: HIV and infant-feeding study

The Nourish-UK study team aims to understand how new mothers or birthing parents living with HIV decide how to feed their newborn babies. If you are pregnant or have given birth in the last year, get in touch if you would like to take part. You can email bakita.kasadha@phc.ox.ac.uk or call/WhatsApp her +44 (0) 7385466115. You can access the website here and the recruitment video here.

“Health is Wealth” podcast

Angelina Namiba participated in the “Health is Wealth” podcast. Part 1 of the podcast can be found here and Part 2 of the podcast can be found here.

Covid 19 vaccinations and pregnancy

To understand more about the Covid 19 vaccinations and pregnancy, read the Q and A here

HIV i-Base

Angelina Namiba and Simon Collins from HIV i-Base compiled useful information about Covid19 vaccines. Follow this link for more information.

ICW North America

4M partnered with ICW North America for a Mama knows Breast webinar: A discussion on breastfeeding and HIV. Follow this link for more information.