Program Update
- Recruitment for the Pediatric AIDS Corps group of 2008 is nearing completion. BIPAI has recruited 19 new physicians for this program year.
2008 PAC Roster
2008 PAC Bios
- 2007 PAC Roster and 2007 PAC Photos and Bios
- 2006 PAC Roster and 2006 PAC Photos and Bios
The Pediatric AIDS Corps will help catalyze African children's access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is having a devastating impact on children and families worldwide. This is especially so in southern Africa, where 40 to 60 percent of all deaths of children under age five years are caused by HIV/AIDS. In almost every resource-limited setting worldwide where HIV/AIDS treatment has been initiated, children are grossly underrepresented among its recipients. The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Baylor College of Medicine has created a global network of clinical centers modeled after two landmark HIV/AIDS care and treatment centers it constructed and opened in Constanta, Romania and Gaborone, Botswana. The purpose of this network is to build critical infrastructure and human capacity to catalyze access of children worldwide to HIV/AIDS care and treatment. In partnership with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative also has established a Pediatric AIDS Corps that has dramatically increased human capacity at Network sites in five high prevalence countries, and has the potential to transform the care and treatment of HIV-infected children and families globally.
The first class of 52 Pediatric AIDS Corps health professionals was deployed abroad in August, 2006, after completing one month of pre-service training in Houston. The five countries where Pediatric AIDS Corps health professionals are active are listed below. Additional sites may be added over the next year.
Botswana
Burkina Faso (French-speaking applicants preferred)
Lesotho
Malawi
Swaziland
The Pediatric AIDS Corps will help catalyze African children's access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment.
The Pediatric AIDS Corps has helped to catalyze African children's access to life-saving antiretroviral treatment. Participants in the Pediatric AIDS Corps are asked to commit to a minimum one-year assignment (two year commitment preferred) to a primary health care setting affiliated with one of five Children's Clinical Centers of Excellence in Africa. Every participating health professional will remain linked to one of the Children's Clinical Centers of Excellence for purposes of professional development and training, continuing education and professional consultation. Participants will provide full-time primary and HIV/AIDS specialty care and treatment in collaboration with local health professionals. Pediatric AIDS Corps members will also participate in training activities of the Children's Clinical Centers of Excellence to build local capacity for pediatric and family primary and HIV/AIDS specialty care and treatment.
Compensation: In-country housing will be provided. An annual stipend of $40,000, plus benefits, is offered. Student loan debt relief is available on a sliding scale.
Eligibility: Board eligible or board certified pediatricians, family practitioners, or medicine/pediatrics graduates.
Pre-service training: Pediatric AIDS Corps members will be required to participate in a four-week pre-service training program, offered in Houston, Texas each year from mid-July through mid-August. This training includes courses in HIV/AIDS and Tropical Medicine. The pre-service training is an approved certification course for the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine.
Interested applicants: Please send a current curriculum vitae, the names and contact information for three references (one of whom must be your Residency Program Director or Department Chair), and a narrative statement describing your short and long term career goals to Meg Ferris at mferris@bcm.edu.
