Pediatric AIDS

First pediatric HIV/AIDS center to open in Botswana

Published in AIDS Weekly, July 14th, 2003

A unique partnership between a government, a corporation, and an academic institution has led to the opening of the first center in Africa focused exclusively on caring for children with pediatric HIV/AIDS.

The Botswana-Baylor College of Medicine Children's Clinical Center of Excellence at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana, is being supported with nearly $10 million in funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY). The center will also train healthcare professionals about the disease and conduct clinical research for this vulnerable population.

"Botswana has been one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, with about a third of...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-07-14)

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