Elizabeth H. Bradley, professor of public health and director of the project at Yale said, "Dr. Tedros and the Ministry of Health are visionary. They have impressive goals to transform the Ethiopian health care system in the next three to five years and I believe those goals can be achieved."
The Yale team has just returned from Ethiopia, where they completed a full needs assessment. They are now recruiting Fellows to serve as leaders and mentors in this effort.
Since 2002, the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative has been assisting countries in implementing large-scale integrated care, treatment and prevention programs. It partners with 20 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. Individual governments take the lead and the Foundation provides technical assistance, mobilizes human and financial resources, and facilitates the sharing of best practices across projects. The Foundation also provides access to reduced prices for HIV/AIDS drugs and diagnostics to over of 50 countries.
In addition, in April 2005, the HIV/AIDS Initiative launched pediatric and rural programs. The pediatric program aims to assist countries implement widespread treatment for children living with HIV/AIDS, beginning with a program to donate ARV treatment for 10,000 children in the programs' first year, approximately doubling the number of children on treatment in developing countries outside of Brazil and Thailand. The rural program endeavors to extend access to high-quality care and treatment to people living beyond the reach of traditional healthcare services; in Rwanda, the rural program partners with Partners In Health.
The HIV/AIDS Initiative relies on hundreds of part-time and full-time volunteers. There are
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Contact: Karen N. Peart
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20-Mar-2006