Texas: CDC Gives $3.5 Million to HIV/AIDS Program

Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine received a $3.5 million grant from the CDC for a program that treats HIV-infected children in Africa, Mexico and Romania, officials announced Friday. "This represents a major expansion of our international activities," said Dr. Mark Kline, the director of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative. With the five-year grant, Baylor College of Medicine will assist the CDC by providing technical assistance to ministries of health and other organizations working on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs in 25 countries in Africa, South America, Asia and the Caribbean. The goal of the program, established in 1996, is to reduce HIV transmission and improve HIV/AIDS care in countries with fewer resources. The program established one of the world's largest pediatric HIV/AIDS centers in Constanta, Romania, and a large children's clinic is under construction in Gaborone, Botswana.

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