Baylor Eswatini

In Swaziland, it is common for mothers to send their children to the clinic with the child’s caregiver if the mother is working or tending to other children. The Mother-Baby-Pair (MBP) initiative, started in August 2015 encourages mothers to bring their babies to clinic visits so that both can be cared for comprehensively. MBP services include family planning, cervical cancer screening, HIV re-testing, ART refills, immunization, and growth and development monitoring. The MBP initiative is based on little more than word of mouth: Mothers

who visit our clinic receive information about the importance of always coming with their babies. And most of them do. We’ve seen a significant increase of mothers arriving with their babies, resulting in more HIV testing, more maternal health services, and, most crucially, zero new HIV infections in infants.