Vancouver PWA Coalition Newsletter Issue #24 September 1988

TIPS FROM LONG TERM SURVIVORS FROM NEW YORK TO VANCOUVER Event announcement; BOSTON PERSPECTIVE Report on the Second International Lesbian and Gay Conference on Health Issues; INFORMATION EVENING THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN and GAY CONFERENCE ON HEALTH ISSUES IN BOSTON; "NAMES PROJECT' COMES TO VANCOUVER Event announcement; DR. CAIAZZA - THE AIDS/SYPHILIS CONNECTION Event announcement; A PRAYER VIGIL FOR AIDS Event announcement; A MESSAGE FROM THE LIBRARIAN New librarian for the Coalition calls for volunteers; SPREAD THE WORD The PWA Coalition is a recipient of United Way Campaign Funds; VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION Thanking volunteers; ONGOING EVENTS; PERSONAL ADS; AEROSOL PENTAMIDINE WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON OR ELSE! Commentary; ENCOURAGING RESEARCH ON AZT; NEW INFORMATION PACKS AVAILABLE "Stockholm Research Pack" an update on the most promising AIDS treatments from the abstracts fo the Stockholm Conference, Concise Mini-Packs available: Acyclovir, Aerosol Pentamidine, Antabuse/Imuthol/DTC, AL721 (Egg Lecithin Lipids), AZT, Dextran Sulfate, Isoprinosene, Ribavirin, Treatment Options and Monitoring the Progression of the Disease for Asymptomatic HIV Positive Persons; POTLUCK Event report and announcement; CALL FOR STUDY PARTICIPANTS on platelet production levels; FEDERAL FUNDS EXTENDED Health Promotion Directorate of Health and Welfare Canada increases funding; FUNDING DENIED City of Vancouver denies Coalition's request for infrastructure funding;