Some of the FXB Center team

Overview

Mission Statement

The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center is committed to improving the health of vulnerable women, children, youth and families—including those infected/affected by HIV—and to building capacity in the communities and systems that serve them. The Center provides culturally competent models of clinical care, education and consultation statewide, nationally and globally.

In the United States, the FXB Center provides services to:

• Address the healthcare and social services needs of children and families living with perinatal HIV infection
• Ensure that the healthcare needs of vulnerable, at-risk children are met by offering a range of community-based pediatric nursing services to children in the New Jersey foster care system
• Offer an online library of resources to meet healthcare provider training needs at www.aidsetc.org
• Disseminate timely, state-of-the-art HIV clinical information
• Coordinate HIV expert workgroups to develop the USPHS pediatric and perinatal guidelines for the management of HIV infection
• Conduct research to support effective delivery of HIV services to vulnerable populations
• Facilitate implementation of rapid HIV testing in US hospitals

The FXB Center Global HIV Program provides training and technical assistance in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support services in resource-limited settings to:

• Build capacity and infrastructure
• Develop and implement strategic plans to facilitate sustainability
• Support the delivery of HIV/AIDS care and treatment, HIV/TB co-infection and laboratory services
• Support pre-service and in-service healthcare provider training
• Develop clinical management guidelines, protocols and policies for PMTCT and pediatric HIV care
• Build clinical and research capacity for clinical trials implementation

To learn more about the history of the FXB Center, click here.