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Support for International Change (SIC)
SIC is a non profit organization which aims to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to train future leaders in global health and development. SIC was founded in August 2002 by Dr. Matt Craven and Tina Wu

SIC has the dual goals of limiting the impact of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and training future leaders for global health and development. In the rural communities where we work, poor infrastructure and widespread poverty limit access to HIV testing and prevention services, and leave people living with HIV socially and physically isolated from care. Public clinics provide VCT and antiretroviral medications in urban centers, but lack of information, stigma and the costs of transportation all represent barriers to access and leave these services beyond the reach of Tanzania’s rural majority. As a result, HIV transmission continues, few people are tested in the villages and many of those living with AIDS die without accessing treatment