Partnerships

Major support for KITSO is provided by the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), a collaboration of the Government of Botswana, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Merck Company Foundation. For more information, contact ACHAP, Private Bag X 033, Gaborone, Botswana, or visit www.gov.bw, www.gatesfoundation.org or www.merck.com.

KITSO is a collaboration not only between the Ministry of Health and Botswana-HAI Partnership, but also between other agencies and individuals working to train Botswana’s health community, including the National AIDS Coordinating Agency, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Botswana, University of Botswana, and others.

Program faculty represent these institutions as well as the AIDS Action Committee of Boston; AIDS/STD Unit of the Ministry of Health; Antiretroviral Therapy Project Team of the Ministry of Health; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Boston; HAI; Children’s Hospital of Boston; Coping Center for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana; Dimock Community Health Center of Boston; Family Health International; Gaborone Private Hospital; Health Manpower Unit of the Ministry of Health; Joint Clinical Research Centre of Uganda; Makere University; Medical and Dental Association of Botswana; New England AIDS Education and Training Center; Partners AIDS Research Center at Harvard Medical School; Princess Marina Hospital; United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Botswana; University of Washington; and the World Health Organization.