The Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Center of Excellence was opened and officially dedicated by His Excellency Mr. Festus Mogae, President of the Republic of Botswana, on June 20, 2003. The facility, the first of its kind on the African continent, provides and supervises state-of-the-art care and treatment for over 4,000 HIV-infected children and families from around Botswana, both at the Centre and through its decentralized clinical mentoring program.