Twenty years of information,
advocacy and inspiration—1999

Project Inform achievements (1985–2004)     View PDF

Project Inform milestones:

• As many HIV-positive individuals started to live longer and face increasingly complex treatment options, Project Inform assumed a lead role in educating the community about emerging issues such as Lipodystrophy Syndrome, Salvage Therapy Options, Resistance Testing, and Strategic Treatment Interruption.
• 70 volunteer hotline operators covering 17 shifts, handled over hundreds of calls to the hotline each week.
• Developed and distributed a set of Ethical Guidelines for community organizations to use to guide their relations with the pharmaceutical industry, the only document of its type.

Epidemic milestones:

• One-third of new infections in the U.S. occur in women.
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus, with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, convenes Congressional hearing on impact of HIV/AIDS on Latino community.
• Reggie Williams, founder of the National AIDS Task Force on AIDS Prevention, dies of AIDS.
• FDA approves use of amprenavir (Agenerase).