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Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV

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In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whose support for each other is changing and saving liv

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TEDTalks;TEDGlobal 2010;TED;Talks;AIDS;Africa;community;health;health care;women;2010

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