Creating a State-of-the-Art HIV/AIDS Clinic and Training Center in Uganda
- Paula Luff
- Barbara Lawson
Pangaea President Pat Christen interviews Paula Luff, Director of International Philanthropy for Pfizer Foundation and Pfizer Inc, and Barbara Lawson, Project Director for Pangaea; recorded on April 7, 2004
Pfizer Inc has provided funding for the construction and development of the new Infectious Diseases Institute (“IDI”) at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. This facility, which is scheduled to be fully operational in October of 2004, will serve as both a regional HIV clinical training center for physicians and nurses and as a model for the treatment and prevention of AIDS, including the provision of HIV antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), in a resource-limited environment. The IDI is a product of a partnership between the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa, Pangaea, and Pfizer, which provided an initial $11 million construction and program grant for the project.
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