VISION
Baylor Romania’s vision is to live in a non-discriminatory
community, capable of stopping the communicable and chronic
diseases.
MISSION
Baylor Romania’s mission is to help the community develop
effective services for the prevention and care of infectious and
chronic diseases.
Currently, Baylor Black Sea Foundation’s status is that of
a public utility organization. Baylor provides prevention,
treatment and care for people affected by infectious and
chronic diseases, namely viral hepatitis, HIV infection and
diabetes.
WHERE WE WORK
Baylor provides complex services at the Clinical Center of
Excellence in Constanţa and operates three counseling and
testing centers in the Dobrogea region, as well as a mobile
voluntary testing laboratory. Over the years, Baylor provided
free of charge testing and counselling for more than 75,000
people, long term medical and psycho-social care for over
3800 patients with HIV and hepatitis and supported the
healthcare system with donations of medicines as well as
professional training courses for specialists.
OUR HISTORY
The Center for HIV Clinical Excellence or the Romanian-
American Children’s Center was founded on the 6th of April
2001, and the Baylor Black Sea Foundation was legally
established in 2004. The Clinical Center of Excellence was
created by Dr. Mark Kline to help the HIV-infected children
he met during his first visit in Romania, in the late 90s. At the
time of its establishment, the center was the largest pediatric
clinic in Europe to provide care and treatment for HIV infected
children.
Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS
Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital
(BIPAI)
Baylor Romania is part of a network of centers headquartered
in Houston, Texas, at the Baylor College of Medicine and the
Texas Pediatric Hospital. The network includes 14 countries in
Africa, North America, South America and Eastern Europe.
BIPAI’s mission is to provide ethical, high quality services
strongly impacting in the areas of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis,
malaria, malnutrition and other diseases that affect the health
and well-being of children and families around the world.
BIPAI conducts projects in 14 countries, providing family-
centered medical care, pediatric treatment and specializations
for medical and research professionals.
THE HEADQUARTERS: HOUSTON,
TEXAS, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Gaborone, Botswana
Maseru, Lesotho
Lilongwe, Malawi
Constanta, Romania
Mbabane, Swaziland
Mbeya, Tanzania
Mwanza, Tanzania
Kampala, Uganda
SATELLITE EXCELLENCE CENTERS
Botha-Bothe, Lesotho
Leribe, Lesotho
Mohale`s Hoek, Lesotho
Mokhotlong, Lesotho
Q`acha`s Nek, Lesotho
Hlatikulu, Swaziland
Manzini, Swaziland
GLOBAL HEALTH PROJECTS
Angola
Colombia
Liberia
Morocco
Papua New Guinea
Argentine
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