BIPAI News Releases

Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative and UNICEF partner around children and AIDS
Partnership will focus on prevention of mother-to-child transmission and pediatric treatment of children living with HIV
(11.16.06)

Abbott Fund, Baylor College of Medicine and the First Lady of Malawi Open the First Clinic for HIV-Infected Children in Malawi
(11.2.06)

Experts Outline Effective Strategies for Fighting HIV/AIDS Among Infants and Children in Resource-Limited Settings
50 Pediatric AIDS Corps Doctors to Deploy to Africa Next Week; Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission-Plus Center to Open Next Month; 2 Additional Children's Clinical Centers to Open Next Year
(8.16.06)

UNICEF/Baylor Agreement Signals Brighter Outlook for Pediatric AIDS Treatment in Africa
(2.28.06)

Swaziland's First Children's HIV/AIDS Medical Center Opens; Building Treatment Capacity in the World's Hardest Hit Country
Operated by Baylor College of Medicine and the Government of Swaziland; Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb's SECURE THE FUTURE Initiative (2.24.06)

BIPAI and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation mark World AIDS Day by opening new children's clinic in Lesotho. (12.1.05)

First Wave of "Pediatric Aids Corps" Heads to Africa to "Treat and Train"
Young Doctors Set to Make "World of Difference" - Many More Needed; Countering "Brain Drain," Each Pediatrician can Prevent 1,300 Child Deaths Annually (11.1.05)

AIDS lecture to highlight ambitious treatment programs in Africa (10.18.05)

Bristol-Myers Squibb Invites Others to Join in Expansion of Pediatric AIDS Corps in Africa (9.27.05)

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Baylor College of Medicine to Establish Pediatric AIDS Corps for Africa
Company to Build Additional Clinical Centers; Cuts Price of Pediatric HIV Formulations (6.27.05)

Abbott Fund, Baylor College of Medicine and the Government of Malawi Break Ground on First Clinic for HIV-Infected Children (6.13.05)

Abbott Fund and Baylor College of Medicine Partner to Create the First International Network of Centers Treating Children with HIV (4.14.05)

Abbott Fund, Baylor College of Medicine and the Government of Malawi to Build New Clinic for HIV-Infected Children (3.9.05)

Sod-Turning Ceremony Marks Start of Construction of First Pediatric HIV/AIDS Medical Center in Swaziland (1.13.05)

Funding Provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb's Secure The Future Initiative...[full story]

Mogae First to Get BIPAI Award (11.23.04)

President Festus Mogae has been the first recipient of the 2004 Baylor International Paediatric AIDS Leadership Award from professor Mark Kline, the director of Baylor International Paediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI)...[full story]

Pediatric HIV/AIDS Medical Centers to be Built in African Nations of Lesotho and Swaziland (10.27.04)

Funding Provided by Bristol-Myers Squibb's SECURE THE FUTURE Program...[full story]

HIV-Positive Children in Resource-Poor Setting Successfully Treated (8.19.04)

Clinicians have been able to reduce mortality rates in HIV positive children from 15 to 3 percent in the largest group of children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in any single center worldwide...[full story]

Mortality Rate for Romanian Children with HIV in Constanta Drops Significantly; Hundreds Receive Care and Treatment at Children's Center (4.6.04)

Baylor Pediatricians, U.S. Ambassador, Public Health Official and Healthcare CEO Discuss Center Results, Challenges and Lessons Learned...[full story]

Film festival benefits Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (3.25.04)

The first annual Houston AIDS Film Festival will kick off Tuesday, March 30, and continue through Friday, April 2, in support of AIDS Awareness Week. AIDS Awareness Week is organized nationally by Physicians for Human Rights...[full story]

Bristol-Myers Squibb Commits To Funding New Pediatric HIV/AIDS Center in Africa
Promise of Better Future for HIV/AIDS Pediatric Care (12.3.03)

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter R. Dolan today committed to fund a second center to care for children with HIV/AIDS in Africa. He joined Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and a number of organizations in increasing commitments to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa...[full story]

Laura Bush visits Baylor's Botswana Clinic (07.10.03)

First Lady Laura Bush today visited the pediatrics AIDS clinic that recently opened as a partnership between Baylor College of Medicine and the government of Botswana...[full story]

Baylor, Botswana Partner on New Pediatric AIDS Center (06.20.03)

The first comprehensive treatment and training center in Africa for children with AIDS opened today as a partnership of Baylor College of Medicine and the government of Botswana...[full story]