Vancouver PWA Coalition Newsletter Issue #27 December/January/February 1989

UPDATE ON EMERGENCY DRUG RELEASE PROGRAM E.D.R.P. Pentamidine and dextran sulfate and now available in Canada under the ERDP at Health and Welfare Canada; BONES OF CONTENTION The AIDS Committee of London (Ontario) and AIDS ACTION NOW! staged a demonstration and die-in demanding recognition of catastrophic rights and free access to AIDS related drugs and treatments, no drug trials involving placebos, a national treatment registry and PLWA presence on all boards and committees dealing with drug trials; NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOARD SOUGHT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING March 26, 1989; HIV P24 ANTIGEN TEST BETA2 MICROGLOBULIN TEST WHAT ARE TEHY? HOW DO I GET THEM? Two relatively new blood tests can help you better assess the effectiveness of treatments or your chances of progressing; SUPPORT/STUDY GROUP FORMING Support group following the strategy in "Getting Well Again", call for information; FEDERAL FUNDING SECURED FOR 1989 Health Promotion Directorate of Health and Welfare Canada has come through again with $50,000 in funding for 1989; VITAMIN EXCHANGE Bring in products you no longer use; THE Vth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS Montreal June 4-9th, 1989 VANCOUVER PWAs TAKE LEADING ROLE Generating interest and soliciting proposals from PWA Coalitions and Non-governmental groups worldwide; THOUGHTS ALONG THE WAY CONTEMPLATION OF A WORLD IN ACTION Commentary; AIDS 101 or THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL AIDS SYMPOSIUM FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Conference report; DEXTRAN SULFATE REMINDER Information available; PEOPLE WHO CARE DR. JOEL EPSTEIN, D.M.D., M.S.D. Kudos; IN APPRECIATION OF NURSES Poetry; CASINO NIGHTS Fundraiser report; ONGOING EVENTS; PERSONAL Ads; COPING WITH HIV Study, call for participants; AIDS UPDATE November Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS (BETA) Issue #2 ia available; "LOVE IN MOTION": WHAT A FANTASTIC SHOW Fundraiser report; MANY, MANY THANKS TO A VERY SPECIAL PERSON Christmas hamper kudos; WISH LIST The Vancouver Persons with AIDS Society is always in need of various items; NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR LIBRARY; AZT BILLING UPDATE Court case launched to seek relief from the provincial governments unique AZT billing policy; WHAT YOU MAY NEED FROM A LAWYER Legal information and services available; ROBERGT SALKELD DECEMBER 12, 1955 - DECEMBER 1, 1988; ART PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP STARTING Please call to sign up or for mor information; DAN'S DEAD DANIEL G. JOHNSON - THE WARRIOR JANUARY 5, 1954 - NOVEMBER 15, 1988; LETTER TO THE EDITOR regarding "Convincing your friends to take the test"; NOTE FROM M.A.P. rebuttal; PLEASE NOTE: BODY POSITIVE DROP-IN STARTS FEBRUARY 18th; NEW GM The Vancouver Persons with AIDS Society is happy to announce the hiring of our new General Manager, Christopher Sabean;