The FINANCIAL — Chevron Corporation is increasing its support to programs in Nigeria that prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PROMOT), building on initial success in the heart of the Niger Delta, according to Chevron Corporation.
Chevron is committing an additional $1.7 million to the PROMOT Project — sponsored by the nonprofit Pact — to extend the program throughout Bayelsa, the Nigerian state with the third-highest HIV prevalence rate in the country, with the goal of increasing awareness and services that support pregnant women who are HIV positive.
Chevron's additional commitment raises its 5-year investment in the PROMOT Project to $5.3 million, according to Chevron Corporation.
Chevron's partnership with Pact began in 2012, and is part of a larger, multi-organization, $20 million United Nations millennium goal commitment to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. Since then, the partnership in Bayelsa state has achieved several important results, including reaching more than 6,500 people with critical HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention information, testing more than 7,000 women during prenatal care, and arranging for HIV counseling for nearly 700 people.
"Chevron is proud to expand our partnership with Pact to support impactful initiatives like PROMOT," said Rhonda Zygocki, executive vice president, Policy and Planning for Chevron Corporation. "This is a proven model that we're motivated to expand as we work together to deliver real, measurable results in the effort to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV," Zygocki added.
"We are committed to working with local community based organizations to strengthen their collective capacity to provide critical health services to mothers," said John Whalen, president of Pact Institute. "Capacity development is at the heart of our work because we believe that empowering communities to create and implement their own solutions is what makes development sustainable," he added.
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