Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute
Encyclopedia
The Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute is an HIV
/AIDS
research and training organization. It is a partnership between the Government of Botswana
and the Harvard AIDS Initiative
. Its goal is to further HIV/AIDS research. It was established in 1996.
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
research and training organization. It is a partnership between the Government of Botswana
Politics of Botswana
Politics of Botswana takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both...
and the Harvard AIDS Initiative
Harvard AIDS Initiative
Since the late 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative has been at the forefront of HIV/AIDS research, education and leadership....
. Its goal is to further HIV/AIDS research. It was established in 1996.