Our Work
BORN FREE AFRICA FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS OF IMPACT: ADVOCACY, POLICY AND PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS IN TALENT.
BORN FREE AFRICA FOCUSED ON THREE AREAS OF IMPACT: ADVOCACY, POLICY AND PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENTS IN TALENT.
ELIMINATING MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIV REQUIRES CLINICAL SOLUTIONS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND THE TALENT TO EXECUTE HIV PROGRAMS. BORN FREE PROVIDES THE MISSING LINK OF TALENT AND EXECUTION.
BORN FREE PARTNERED WITH GOVERNMENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES TO RECRUIT, DEVELOP, AND EMPOWER LOCAL MANAGEMENT TALENT THAT CONTRIBUTED TO A RAPID ACCELERATION OF THE ELIMINATION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION.
IN 2012, BORN FREE PARTNERED WITH UNICEF AND THE CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITITATIVE TO PUBLISH A DISCUSSION PAPER TO ENCOURAGE SINGLE DOSE OPTION B+ AS THE PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT FOR PMTCT.
BY 2015, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OPTION B+ HAD RESULTED IN 91% OF THE 1.1 MILLION WOMEN RECEIVING ARVS AS PART OF PMTCT SERVICES BEING OFFERED LIFELONG ART.
(SOURCE: UNAIDS 2016 'PREVENTION GAP REPORT)
In addition to philanthropic investment, Born Free Africa is committed to experimentation, partnership and knowledge sharing that may serve to further future philanthropic and/or public health efforts around the world.
To that end, Born Free’s leadership team developed a Human Capital Playbook to share best practice methodologies and resources for building high-quality teams and managing human capital to achieve results, based on Born Free’s experience developing partnerships and investing in human capital-focused initiatives in Africa.
The contributions that management talent made toward the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV in Nigeria and Kenya reinforce the idea that human capital is a key driver of impact, and that the careful selection, management and support of human capital can create significant value.
