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t m c » p u l s e | n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 21 WOR LD IS TMC? BOTSWANA University of Botswana School of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine The first medical school in Botswana was developed through a partnership between Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Botswana in an effort to combat "brain drain" due to physicians receiving training outside the country. The school graduated its first class in 2014. MALAWI Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies Rice University Founded in 2007, Rice 360° works with communities around the world, including the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, to engineer cost-effective and location-appropriate solutions to global health problems. Rice 360° also offers students a minor in global health technology. TANZANIA Tanzanian AIDS Prevention Project (TAPP) UTHealth TAPP is an HIV/AIDS prevention program targeted at intravenous drug users. TAPP partners with community-based organizations to reach out to local heroin users, and from 2011–2014, TAPP enrolled 874 clients into a medically assisted treatment program at its methadone clinic. ROMANIA Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital Since its first center of excellence opened in Constanta, Romania, in 2001, BIPAI has been committed to providing high-quality, family-centered health care focused on HIV/AIDS, as well as tuberculosis, malaria, malnutrition and other health conditions worldwide.