Visitors: Read about the services available at BIPAI's Romanian Clinical Center of Excellence. This website is available in both the Romanian and English languages (choose your language on the drop-down menu).

Romanian visitors: Read about the HIV testing services available at BIPAI's Romanian Clinical Center of Excellence.

Since 2001, BIPAI's Romanian Clinical Center of Excellence has provided HIV/AIDS care and treatment services to over 500 HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children and young adults. In addition to the provision and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy, services offered at the Romanian Clinical Center of Excellence include programs in:

• Infectious diseases
• Pulmonary diseases
• Gynecology
• Dental care
• Psychosocial counseling
• Vocational counseling
• Social assistance and support groups
• Family planning
• Education for healthy, independent living

Children in Romania account for over half of all European pediatric AIDS cases. Most Romanian children with AIDS were infected with HIV as a result of discarded medical practices of the past, including reuse of disposable needles and repeated transfusions of sick and premature infants with whole human blood. However, a second epidemic wave is emerging, with most Romanian HIV treatment centers reporting growing numbers of infants with vertical (mother-to-infant) HIV infection. Approximately fifty percent of Romanian children with AIDS are orphaned or abandoned. The Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative has worked collaboratively with the Romanian Ministry of Health and Romanian professionals since 1996.