Battling AIDS on the front line
Penn medical faculty, medical students and residents are training healthcare workers in Botswana to care for HIV/AIDS patients, an effort that could help lessen the plight of that nation's sick for years to come.
The Penn Program in Botswana was launched in 2001 and now involves about 40 people from Penn Medicine each year. These doctors and medical students lend their expertise to colleagues at Princess Marina Hospital, in the capital city of Gaborone, to help the nation better care for its sick. Meanwhile, Penn Nursing faculty and students offer valuable patient support, and the Societal Wealth Program at Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs is conducting research in the use of Information Technology to assist front-line Batswanan health care workers with the care of HIV/AIDS patients.
" What we have created in Botswana is a program of engagement that speaks to our core educational mission," Penn President Amy Gutmann says. "Penn is taking the lead and making a systemic change that can serve as a model for other developing countries."
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