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Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation launched Secure the Future to help address the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

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In 1999 Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation launched Secure the Future (STF), the first and largest private commitment to help address the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. STF's initial commitment of US $100 million in the five southern most African countries has now exceeded US $165 million and is present in over 20 African countries. A major element of STF was the development of the first network of Children's Clinical Centers of Excellence on the continent in partnership with the Baylor College of Medicine and country governments. BMS has also invested in the human resource needs of these centers by establishing the first Pediatric AIDS Corps to help treat but also train local health care professionals. The sites now see over 97,000 children and parents through the centers and network of satellite clinics. Another component of Secure the Future is the establishment of a South to South, Technical Assistance Program (TAP) on community based care. BMS Foundation's commitment includes establishing a new clinical center of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya; incorporating breast and cervical cancer training into our Technical Assistance model in South Africa and Lesotho (a five year, US $2 million commitment) and an increase of TAPs efforts on PMTCT and OVC care and support in Swaziland and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Implementation of the Project/Activity

Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation provides financial resources to over 20 African countries and invests in human resources needs of these centers. it also provide technical assistance program on community based healthcare services.

Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Goal 5

5.1

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

5.1.1

Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
5.2.1

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
5.3.1

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

5.3.2

Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

5.4.1

Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

5.5

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

5.5.1

Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5.2

Proportion of women in managerial positions

5.6

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

5.6.1

Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

5.6.2

Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

5.a

Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

5.a.1

(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

5.a.2

Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

5.b

Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.b.1

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

5.c

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

5.c.1

Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

BMS Foundation's commitment includes establishing a new clinical center of excellence in Kisumu, Kenya; incorporating breast and cervical cancer training into our Technical Assistance model in South Africa and Lesotho (a five year, US $2 million commitment) and an increase of TAPs efforts on PMTCT and OVC care and support in Swaziland and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Financing (in USD)
165000000
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Timeline
01 January 1970 (start date)
01 January 2015 (date of completion)
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SDGs
5
Geographical coverage
Sub Saharan Africa
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