SHM FOUNDATION FocusMDM for Improving Health, Education, and HIV Outcomes for Adolescents in South Africa CASE STUDY OVERVIEW For more than a decade, SHM Foundation has sought to bring about positive social change by providing communities and individuals with practical tools and innovative solutions. They have extensive technical experience with mobile-based groups for those affected by HIV/AIDS. This project, starting in late 2019, creates mobile phone-based peer support groups to help HIV+ adolescents better understand and come to terms with their illness by linking them with trained peer mentors who have previously gone through similar groups as participants. The groups are characterized by: • Their size, as they consist of only 10-15 participants • The anonymity of parti

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