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Research Award and Celebrated Speakers Affirm Role of BIPAI at Texas Children's Hospital as Top Pediatric Global Health Resource HOUSTON, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world's largest pediatric caregiver for AIDS, the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) at Texas Children's Hospital, will be well-represented at the International AIDS Conference July 22-27 in Washington, DC. Professor Gabriel Anabwani will be awarded the...
HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Chevron and Texas Children's Hospital today announced a $6 million, five year agreement to expand the Hospital's Global Health Corps program which provides life saving pediatric health care, treatment and training to the most medically underserved populations in Africa. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111215/DC23185) "This new partnership with Chevron will allow us to put more critically-needed doctors on the ground in...
It is less than a week until the 10-year anniversary celebration of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children's Hospital's first pediatric HIV/AIDS clinical center abroad. Founder Dr. Mark Kline has a packed Friday "“ not unusual considering he also serves as both the chair of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and physician-in-chief of Texas Children's Hospital. The office is even busier as he prepares to travel to Romania for the celebration.Despite the...
The doors to a specialized pediatric HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic in Tanzania opened today in Mbeya, the region with the second highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the country. While Tanzania, home to about 1.4 million people with HIV/AIDS, has made significant strides in HIV/AIDS treatment, pediatric care continues to be a key area of need. It is estimated that there are currently 140,000 children in Tanzania living with HIV/AIDS. Only 8 percent of these children are currently receiving...
The newest group of doctors selected to join the Pediatric AIDS Corps, a joint program of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (www.bayloraids.org/) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (www.bms.com/foundation), will travel to Africa this week to begin their assignments. The group's deployment abroad follows completion of a two-week training course in pediatric HIV/AIDS and tropical medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu)."We are constantly amazed with the quality...
