Frank Beadle de Palomo

Biography

Frank Beadle de Palomo joined mothers2mothers (m2m) as Chief Executive Officer in October 2012, bringing with him more than 30 years of experience in the global health community including significant achievements in HIV prevention, care, and treatment, as well as U.S. and global infectious and communicable disease prevention, treatment, research, and advocacy. m2m, based in Cape Town, is an African-based, global non-governmental organisation that unlocks the potential of mothers and their families through scalable, high-impact interventions. In 2020, m2m employed more than 1,500 Mentor Mothers—women living with HIV serving as Community Health Workers, who work in understaffed health centres and in communities providing reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services (RMNCH). Since 2001, m2m has reached more than 11.5 million women and children under the age of two across 12 countries employed more than 11,000 women living with HIV. In 2019, m2m reached 1,246,396 new and returning clients with services; and achieved virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among enrolled clients, with transmission of just 1.9%. In 2020, we launched a Virtual Mentor Mother Platform and eServices—new tools for our frontline teams to reach clients with critical services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to joining m2m, Frank served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Global Health, Population, and Nutrition Group at AED/FHI 360, where he was in charge of a program portfolio spanning HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment; malaria; infectious diseases; avian influenza; nutrition and food security; water, sanitation, and hygiene; and RMNCH—operating in 31 countries around the world. Earlier, he worked at the Academy for Educational Development (AED) for 17 years (acquired by FHI in 2011), where he led its Center on AIDS & Community Health and the Social Change Group as Senior Vice President and Director.