The 29,000 square foot Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) facility in Kampala, Uganda became fully operational in October. The Institute, which is located at the Makerere University School of Medicine, will serve as a regional HIV/AIDS training center for healthcare professionals, as an HIV/AIDS clinic to provide treatment to thousands of individuals, and as a clincial and operational research laboratory. The IDI was built with a grant from Pfizer Inc. in partnership with Makerere University, the Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa, and the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, an affiliate of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.