Highlights of selected US and international groups providing HIV care and services in developing countries.

The Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention is led by a group of physicians from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Kampala, Uganda-based Makerere University. The project began in June 2001 with an initial grant from Pfizer Inc. for the construction of the Infectious Diseases Institute, an HIV clinic, in Kampala. The alliance is primarily academic in nature, integrated fully into Makerere University Medical School and Kampala’s Mulago Hospital. It is also a nongovernmental organization with private-public partnerships, through which it receives additional funding from many donors. The project targets adults and children in Kampala and has outreach efforts throughout Uganda. Primary goals of the project include: