| Texas Children's Center for Global Health

What We Do
The Center for Global Health exists to end child mortality & suffering around the world.
HIV/ AIDS
Since 1996, the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children's Hospital has been a global leader in pediatric HIV care and treatment. Over 80,000 families currently receive care.
Neglected Tropical Diseases
This group of frequently untreated illnesses impact children the hardest, and yet almost all are completely preventable. Learn more.
Sickle Cell Disease
Parts of Africa have a prevalence of sickle cell trait higher than 20%. Most children born with sickle cell disease won't see their fifth birthday. Learn about our work in Angola.

News

Angola sickle cell disease program begins pilot phaseSep. 20, 2011

Oct. 27, 2011
Winners of Texas Children's Hospital stimulus grant award program announced
Mar. 30, 2011
Center for global child health announced by Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Mar. 22, 2011
Fighting Sickle Cell Disease in Angola: Building Partnerships to Match the Challenge

Support for New Initiatives

The Center for Global Health serves to foster and facilitate medical initiatives in global health by providing programmatic guidance, administrative support, social science support, and bioinformatics support to faculty.
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Admin Support

Providing administrative support for the non-medical needs of the medical initiative teams, including development of financial & legal documents, travel management & meeting planning.
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Social Sciences Support

Providing critical aspects of non-medical care that affect the impact and effectiveness of CGH interventions. Includes areas such as Neuropsychology, Sociology, Health Disparities, and Quality of Life.
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Bioinformatics Support

Providing support for all aspects of clinical care and research, we develop and maintain patient databases across locations and diseases.
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Medical Initiatives

Our Mission

To foster and facilitate pediatric health around the world through care and treatment, education, and research, with the goal of eliminating child mortality and suffering.

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