When it opened in 2003, the Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence (Botswana-Baylor Trust) was the first pediatric HIV clinic on the African continent. Two decades later, its impact is clear – more than 39,0000 children and family members have benefited from HIV/AIDS care and treatment, contributing significantly to Botswana’s near elimination of mother-to-child transition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The Botswana-Baylor Trust is a public-private partnership between the government of Botswana and the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital (BIPAI), established with significant support from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation. It provides free-of-charge, state-of-the-art pediatric HIV, oncology and blood disorder care, treatment and support to children, adolescents and their families through the Centre of Excellence and decentralized outreach services across the country.
20th anniversary celebration
