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Geoff Foster
Geoff Foster, M.D., is a leading expert in Zimbabwe on health care and other forms of support for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Dr. Foster is a pediatrician with more than 20 years of experience.

In 1987, Dr. Foster founded Family AIDS Caring Trust, one of the first AIDS service organizations in Africa. He served as its Director until 2000. In 1993, he designed the FOCUS program, which is now considered by UNICEF to be a model approach to community-based care for orphans. During the past 10 years, Dr. Foster has researched and consulted in the area of orphans and vulnerable children, resulting in numerous publications.

Dr. Foster consults with many national and international organizations and has recently analyzed issues of scaling-up of services and programs. For years, he has addressed issues of HIV/AIDS prevention, home care, community responses, faith-based responses, and impact. His work assessing the effectiveness of community interventions resulted in field assignments to work in Malawi and Zambia.

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