PWA Health Group

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PWA (People With AIDS) Health Group formed in New York City in 1987 to facilitate access to experimental drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related infections. The Countdown/18 Months Plan was a plan to make the five major opportunistic infections which claim the most lives treatable in the next year and one-half.

From the guide to the PWA Health Group. Records, 1990-1991, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

Organization formed in New York City in 1987 to facilitate access to experimental drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS-related infections.

The Countdown/18 Months Plan was a plan to make the five major opportunistic infections which claim the most lives treatable in the next year and one-half.

From the description of PWA Health Group records, 1990-1991. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937684

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referencedIn Joseph A. Sonnabend papers, 1963-2004 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf PWA Health Group. PWA Health Group records, 1990-1991. Cornell University Library
creatorOf PWA Health Group. Records, 1990-1991 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Sonnabend, Joseph A. Joseph A. Sonnabend papers, 1963-2004. New York Public Library System, NYPL
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associatedWith Sonnabend, Joseph A. person
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New York (N.Y.)
Subject
AIDS (Disease)
Drug utilization
HIV infections
Medical care
Medical care
Opportunistic infections
Pharmaceutical policy
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Active 1990

Active 1991

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