Women's HIV Program - Holistic Care at UCSF

A long-time proponent of the need for affordable housing and supportive services, Gil Seton Jr. serves as manager of SP Investment Fund LLC, based in Los Angeles. He manages SP’s investments, which are focused on socially positive investments in affordable housing and emerging technologies. Gil Seton Jr. maintains a strong commitment to charitable giving, and has proudly supported a number of charities, including the Women's HIV Program at UCSF. 

The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) operates the Women's HIV Program, a resource that has offered discreet and compassionate healthcare for more than two decades. The organization maintains a focus on the emotional and psychological facets of an HIV diagnosis. Many of the women it sees have experienced severe trauma or violence, and the Women's HIV Program is working to promote trauma-informed care in the medical field at large.

This holistic approach to HIV care is known as the Ryan White care system, named for the young man who first received HIV from a blood transfusion. In addition to caring for the whole person, this approach fosters community involvement and truly interdisciplinary care.

To learn more about the Women’s HIV Program at UCSF, please visit http://whp.ucsf.edu/.

Doctors Without Borders Fights Malnutrition Around the World

Gil Seton Jr. leads SP Investment Fund in Los Angeles, California. SP Investment Fund LLC is an active investor in affordable housing on a national basis. SP and its affiliates are focused on socially positive investments that improve lives and change outcomes for lower income people regardless of citizenship. Gil Seton Jr. also personally supports this focus and is active in charitable giving. One such organization that Gil Seton Jr. has supported is Doctors Without Borders.

Volunteer physicians and medical professionals with Doctors Without Borders visit some of the world's most dangerous and volatile areas to give medical care. They work in the aftermath of disasters, in active war zones, and in areas ravaged by infectious disease. Though much of the organization's work centers on contagions such as malaria and ebola, malnutrition presents one of the greatest threats to the organization's patients.

Each minute, eight children around the world die from malnutrition, which is the greatest threat to world health according to the WHO. Children are most vulnerable between the ages of six months and two years, the time frame in which they begin to consume food other than breast milk. If children do not receive the protein, fats, and minerals that are crucial during this time, their immune systems become compromised for life. Often, this can lead to death from conditions such as common colds or diarrhea, which a healthy child could fight off. According to Doctors Without Borders, only about three percent of children experiencing malnutrition receive the medical care they need.

To learn more about how Doctors Without Borders helps or support their mission, visit: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/support-us

Women’s HIV Program of the University of California at San Francisco

Gil Seton graduated with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2003, Gil Seton has been a manager at the SP Investment Fund LLC in Los Angeles, California. He supports the Women’s HIV Program (WHP) of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF).

For over 20 years, the WHP at UCSF has furnished quality and sensitive healthcare to females of all ages who have contracted HIV. During this period, the WHP has demonstrated that it is necessary not only to treat a patient’s medical issues but also the stress and trauma associated with such a debilitating disease.

The WHP believes that HIV is only part of a much bigger problem, which is violence against females. To combat this menace, the WHP has developed a dedicated team made up of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and social workers who work together to create the best possible care for each patient.