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Lee Goldman Marks Opening of Renovated HIV Clinic in Ethiopia, Visits ICAP Country Programs
In November, Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, executive vice president for Health and Biomedical Sciences at Columbia University Medical Center and professor of Epidemiology, participated in the opening of the newly renovated HIV/Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic at Bishoftu Public Hospital in Oromia State, Ethiopia. The facility, whose renovation and ongoing activities have been supported by the Mailman School's International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), provides comprehensive HIV services to more than 2,400 people, including ART to 942 people.
While in Ethiopia, Dr. Goldman also met with the Minister of Health, regional health officials, healthcare providers, and patients, to learn about ICAP activities. His visit to Ethiopia was part of a four-country trip to ICAP-supported programs in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, he participated in the November 13 opening of the Comprehensive Care Center at Thika District Hospital. In Rwanda, Dr. Goldman met with the Minister of Health and the Minister of State in charge of HIV/AIDS, and visited the ICAP-supported pediatric HIV services at Central Hospital in Kigali.
His last stop was Tanzania, where Dr. Goldman met with the country's First Lady, Mama Salma Kikwete, and visited Chalinze Health Center, a rural facility where ICAP has supported the rapid initiation of HIV services as part of a national decentralization program. "ICAP's work in addressing the global HIV epidemic is truly extraordinary," said Goldman. "The high-quality, comprehensive HIV programs that ICAP supports are saving lives and giving so many people hope for the future."
Dr. Lee Goldman (center) and ICAP Director Wafaa El-Sadr (second from right)
meet with ICAP-Kenya staff.
Dr. Lee Goldman and ICAP Director Wafaa El-Sadr display a certificate of
appreciation presented by Oromia State to ICAP at the inauguration of the
Bishoftu HIV/ART clinic. They are joined by H.E. Ato Muktar Kedir (left),
vice president of the State of Oromia, and Zenebe Melaku (right),
ICAP-Ethiopia country director.
Dr. Lee Goldman (right), ICAP Director Wafaa El-Sadr, and ICAP-Rwanda Country
Director Ruben Sahabo (center) with staff at the Central University Hospital of
Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda.
From left to right, Dr. Lee Goldman, ICAP Director Wafaa El-Sadr, First Lady of
Tanzania Mama Salma Kikwete, ICAP-Tanzania Country Director Amy Cunningham,
and Jill Goldman, wife of Dr. Goldman.
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