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5.13.08 - Progress continues on the construction of the Baylor College of Medicine-Bristol-Myers Squibb-Texas Children's Hospital-Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence.
The PIDC waiting room, May, 2005
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Program Update: The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation have announced the creation of a new Children's Center of Excellence on the grounds of the Mulago Hospital. A Memorandum of Agreement for construction and operation of the Center was signed by representatives of BIPAI and the Government of Uganda in May, 2005. The current Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic (PIDC) has quickly outgrown its capacity, as shown in the photograph of the clinic waiting room.
Program Overview
A PIDC patient
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The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Baylor College of Medicine is the recipient of a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global AIDS Program (GAP). Under the auspices of the GAP, BIPAI has committed its experience in international HIV/AIDS curriculum and educational resource development, training, and care and treatment, to further the goals and objectives of Centers for Disease Control - Uganda. In 2004, BIPAI was granted a supplemental five-year award from the CDC for the development of a comprehensive care and treatment program for HIV-infected children in Uganda. BIPAI is working closely with the pediatric staff of the Makerere University and Mulago Hospital to implement this treatment program. The majority of the supplemental award is being used for the purchase of antiretroviral medications for 500 HIV-infected children. The remainder of the supplemental award is used for human resources and capacity development required to support the treatment program. This supplement is funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
BIPAI continues to be active in sponsoring health professional training programs in Uganda. In addition to the six week-long health professional training sessions held in 2004, BIPAI is sponsoring five additional week-long sessions in 2005 (view the schedule and topics covered). As a successful outcome of BIPAI's train-the-trainer approach to the dissemination of educational materials, local trainers have assumed responsibility for many of these training sessions.
