Making a Difference

medical1Our Co-Founder and Co-Chair Dr. Robert C. Scott leads a medical team comprised of U.S. based doctors and nurses who travel to Zimbabwe, Africa four to five times per year to provide medical care and administer life-saving anti-retroviral treatment to patients at two clinics; Mother of Peace in Mutoko and The Center for AIDS Services in Harare. Zimbabwean medical professionals under the supervision of Dr. Scott provide daily care for the patients when he is working at his practice in Oakland, California.

Both clinics are the primary source of medical care for child patients living at Mother of Peace and also, children and adults living in nearby communities. 70% of the patients are women and children. Often, many diagnosed individuals request prayer and spiritual guidance from Dr. Scott and his medical team.

Medical Clinics Objectives

  • Provide testing services and ensure Zimbabweans know their HIV/AIDS status.
  • Continue to provide medical treatment and anti-retroviral medication to 500 patients diagnosed and living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Expand medical treatment and medication to newly diagnosed patients.
  • Provide HIV/AIDS prevention awareness education and prevent the spread of the disease.
An estimated 25% - 1.3 million Zimbabweans are infected with HIV/AIDS. Approximately 15% are currently receiving anti-retroviral medications.*

How You Can Help

HIV/AIDS requires life long treatment. Your donation will enable the Ministry to provide medication to current patients and the growing number of infected Zimbabweans. With the recent availability of generic HIV/AIDS medications, with your support, we can continue to source and purchase life-saving anti-retroviral medication.

The Impact of Your Donation

$150.00 provides life-saving anti-retroviral medication for one year for an adult or a child.

With your help, together we can continue to save the lives of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

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Below you'll find additional information on the Medical Clinics Program and the efforts of the Ministry.

Expanding Patient Care

Dr. Scott personally petitioned the Zimbabwean government and applied for his medical license. The government granted his license in 2004 and he began actively treating Zimbabweans with anti-retroviral therapy. Given Dr. Scott's work at Mother of Peace, local people in the community asked Dr. Scott and his team to visit the city of Harare where the need for licensed physicians had outgrown availability. Initially, they began examining patients at a local hotel. Latter, The Center for AIDS Services, an established clinic, requested Dr. Scott to begin treating his patients at their facility.

Our Efforts

Without the Ministry's provision of treatment and medication, untreated infected Zimbabweans would succumb to HIV/AIDS. When Dr. Scott and his team began working at the clinics, a significant number of patients were already in the final stages of the disease. Only a small percentage of patients survived. But with proper medication and medical treatment, the fatality rate has significantly reduced. Allen Temple AIDS Ministry sources and pays for all HIV/AIDS related medications.


* Averting HIV/AIDS and USAID Zimbabwe