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"One of the many things I learned in South Africa is that children and families who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS are the same everywhere, with many of the same issues," Whitley-Williams said. "There are issues of access to treatment, adherence to medications, and the challenge of delivering care in a child-friendly fashion, so clearly our physicians here and in Africa have much to learn from each other."

In addition to its groundbreaking work in Africa, Bristol-Myers Squibb supports local, regional and national initiatives dedicated to HIV/AIDS prevention and education. Last year the company awarded a grant of nearly $20,000 to HiTops, a Mercer County-based non-profit group that promotes adolescent health, for an HIV/AIDS education program. It was also the premier sponsor of AIDS Walk New York, which promoted awareness of HIV/AIDS.

Reach Out and Read

Bristol-Myers Squibb also joined with New Jersey's pharmaceutical and medical technology community through its trade association, the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ), in supporting Reach Out and Read programs at various New Jersey hospitals, health clinics and pediatric offices.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has already helped launch a children's literacy program modeled on the Reach Out and Read program at one of its children's HIV/AIDS clinical centers in Africa, and is leading a company-wide fundraising initiative to establish the program at all of them.

In addition to the announcement of the new clinical center, the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey delivered 1,000 new children's books to the Reach Out and Read program at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital.

"As a major partner of Reach Out and Read, New Jersey's pharmaceutical and medical technology companies have made a multi-year c
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