Key Info
BOARD OF DIRECTORS : Tiberiu Csaki , Michael Mizwa , Simona Ruță , Anda Șerban , Gabriel Băzdrăgan EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR : Ana-Maria
SCHWEITZER CONSTANȚA : The 10 Prelungirea Liliacului St .
The HIV and Viral Hepatitis B and C Voluntary Testing Center , Clinical Hospital , office 243 , 143 Tomis Ave .
TULCEA : The HIV and Viral Hepatitis B and
C Voluntary Testing Center , County Hospital , Communicable Disease Department , 32 1848 St .
VISION Baylor Black Sea Foundation ’ s
vision is to live in a discriminationfree community that ’ s capable of stopping communicable and chronic diseases .
MISSION Baylor Black Sea Foundation ’ 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 Foundation
Romania provides prevention , treatment , and care for people affected by infectious and chronic diseases , namely viral hepatitis , HIV infection , and diabetes .
WHERE WE WORK Baylor Black Sea Foundation
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 Black Sea Foundation has provided free-ofcharge testing and counseling for more than 83,000 people , longterm medical and psycho-social care for over 4,000 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 April 6 , 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 HIVinfected children . Baylor Foundation Romania is part of a network headquartered in Houston , Texas , at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children ’ s Hospital . Founded as Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatrics AIDS Initiative , BIPAI at Texas Children ’ s Hospital is the largest care and treatment network based at an academic institution supporting programs for children living with HIV . BIPAI Headquarters and its network of nine affiliated , independent foundations together provide pediatric and maternal healthcare for vulnerable populations around the world .
THE HEADQUARTERS : HOUSTON , TEXAS , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE FOUNDATIONS IN THE BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC AIDS INITIATIBE AT TEXAS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL ( BIPAI ) NETWORK :
Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Argentina Baylor Children ’ s Clinical Centre of Excellence Trust - Botswana Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Colombia Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Eswatini Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Lesotho Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Malawi Baylor-Black Sea Foundation - Romania Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Tanzania Baylor College of Medicine Children ’ s Foundation - Uganda