Successful project preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV set
to expand in Bayelsa State
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 18, 2014--
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced today that it 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. 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.
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.”
“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.”
Chevron has been at the forefront of the fight against AIDS since 1986
when it joined other U.S. companies to promote education and reduce the
stigma surrounding AIDS in the workplace. In the 1990s, Chevron expanded
efforts internationally and in 2005 was the first energy company to
institute a global HIV and AIDS policy supporting employees and their
families. In 2013, Chevron announced that it will commit an additional
$5 million to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
This commitment raises Chevron's 8-year investment in The Global Fund to
$60 million, making the company the single largest private sector
partner to the organization. More information on Chevron’s fight against
AIDS can be found here.
Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with
subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide. The company is involved in
virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for,
produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and
distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells
petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy;
provides energy efficiency solutions; and develops the energy resources
of the future, including biofuels. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif.
More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.
Source: Chevron Corporation
Chevron
Justin Higgs, +1 925-790-6501
