SECURE THE FUTURE is an innovative, comprehensive,public-private initiative to fight HIV/AIDS in sub-SaharanAfrica, where the needs of people infected with andaffected by the disease are great and health care andother resources limited. The initiative supports research,community education and supportive services, trainingfor doctors and other health care professionals, andthe construction of new facilities and infrastructure.

A collaborative effort to fight the disease, it bringstogether government leaders, Ministries of Health,medical institutions in the U.S., Africa and Europe,physicians and other health care professionals, non-governmental, community-based and faith-basedorganizations, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers SquibbFoundation launched the initiative—the first andlargest corporate commitment of its kind to fightHIV/AIDS in Africa—in 1999. Now, with $150million committed through more than 230 grants,SECURE THE FUTURE is sharing outcomes,

experiences and lessons learned withpeople fighting the disease in develop-

ing countries around the world.The work of SECURE THEFUTURE will continue inAfrican communities in theyears to come.

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How Programs Touch Lives

BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE CARE MODELS

Community mobilization to fight HIV/AIDS

Voluntary counseling and testing

Food security and nutrition programs

Support for women caring for children and grandchildren

In-school HIV/AIDS prevention programs

Training for traditional healers, birth attendants and community leaders

Volunteer support groups

Support programs fororphans and other vulnerable children

Beadwork and other income-generating projects

Research that produced fast andeffective diagnostics

Human Resource capacitydevelopment through curriculumdevelopment and training

Clinical research programs in opportunistic infections, self-care, nutrition, ARV medicines, and other categories

Continuous prevention

Patient observance groups to fight stigma and improvetreatment

Tracking vulnerable populations

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COMMUNITY-BASEDTREATMENTSUPPORT PROGRAMSix pilot centers show thatcomprehensive medicaltreatment and care, includ-ing access to antiretroviralmedicines, combined withbroad-based communitysupport can be successfulin fighting HIV/AIDS inremote, poverty-strickenareas where resources areextremely limited.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBBFOUNDATION NGOTRAINING INSTITUTEThis first African NGOTraining Institute is develop-ing model training modules to build leadership, management and goodgovernance skills amongorganizations working to fight HIV/AIDS.

evolved and remained agile over the years in orderto play as relevant a role as possible in the global response to HIV/AIDS. From 1999 to2002, the program was focused on broad-based grantmaking to support medicalresearch and community outreach and education. From 2003 to 2007, focusedinvestments were made in community based HIV/AIDS care and treatment support, NGO training, and pediatric AIDS.

In 2008 SECURE THE FUTURE entered its third phase as a TechnicalAssistance and skills transfer program. This phase will capitalize onSECURE THE FUTURE’s funding, program management experience and expertise, and track record as a committed private public partnership program. The aim is to replicate SECURE THE FUTURE’slessons, experiences and successful models, and address a strategicchallenge of operational multi-sectoral collaborations in HIV by harness-ing community resources and capacity.

For more information on the SECURE THE FUTURE TechnicalAssistance Program, please visit www.securethefuture.com

CHILDREN’S HIV/AIDSCLINICAL CENTERS OFEXCELLENCESECURE THE FUTUREand Baylor College ofMedicine opened the firstclinical center in Africafocused on children withHIV/AIDS, located inBotswana. AdditionalChildren’s Clinical Centersof Excellence have opened in Lesotho, Swaziland andUganda, with two more tobe built in Burkina Fasoand Tanzania.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ANDSKILLS TRANSFER PROGRAMSECURE THE FUTURE is providingseed funding and together with itsimplementing partners has formed afaculty to provide technical assistanceto governments, non-governmentalorganizations, and the privatesector to scale up HIV/AIDS

care and support in Africa.

60 GRANTS TO HELPMAINTAIN LOWPREVALENCE OFHIV/AIDS IN4 COUNTRIES INWEST AFRICAThese innovative grants target specific groups vulnerable to HIV infection(commercial sex workers,mobile populations, ambulatoryvendors, househelp, prisonersand MSM); leverage railroadlines and transport lanes to deliver education and care; leverage traditional communicatorsin education and care efforts; and

drive prevention through care and support for PLWHA.

KEY PROGRAMS IN 14 COUNTRIES

• Children living with HIV/AIDS

• Community-based programs supporting medical care and treatment

• NGO Training Institute

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PEDIATRIC AIDS CORPSSECURE THE FUTURE and BaylorCollege of Medicine have created thePediatric AIDS Corps to send 50 doctorsa year over five years to Africa to treatapproximately 100,000 children and train local health care professionals.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Baylor College of Medicine announce the Pediatric AIDS Corps for Africa

Lesotho Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence opens

Plan to fund Burkina Faso Children’s Center of Excellence announced

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COMMUNITY-BASED TREATMENT SUPPORT SITES

NGO TRAINING INSTITUTETECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMCHILDREN’S CLINICAL CENTERS AND

PEDIATRIC AIDS CORPS

PEDIATRIC AIDS CORPSCHILDREN’S CLINICAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE