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UNICEF and Baylor Team Up on AIDS
December 7, 2006
By Leigh Hopper
Baylor College of Medicine's initiative to fight AIDS in children will become the largest on the planet when it signs a partnership agreement today with the world's biggest child advocacy organization, UNICEF.
"We complement each other so beautifully," said Dr. Mark Kline, president of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and chief of retrovirology at Texas Children's Hospital. "Potentially, it means we will be working in dozens, or even hundreds, of new locations worldwide.
"UNICEF is "honored" to partner with Baylor, UNICEF's Program Division Director Alan Court said in a statement, adding, "(We) commend them for their significant contribution." The agreement with UNICEF is the latest step forward for Baylor's rapidly expanding program. Kline started 10 years ago by scrabbling together $45,000 to treat Romanian orphans suffering from AIDS. Today, his annual budget is $18 million, and he oversees treatment programs and HIV training for health professionals worldwide.
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
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category: Member Organization News : AIDS News
contributed by Christopher Gibbs on 7 December 2006
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