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...recent years, however, frustration with theslow pace of research has translated intofrustration with the ACTU, and the way itdispenses treatment. At times, activists havecriticized Harvard for not devoting sufficientresources to the care and treatment of peoplecurrently infected with...
...several occasions, ACTUP stageddemonstrations to pressure the ACTU into makingAIDS treatments more available to those who mostdesperately need it. Of particular concern are theACTU's requirements for clinicaltesting--activists claim that in an attempt toobtain a "proper" scientific sample, the ACTUexcludes many AIDS victims from eligibility...
...response, Hirsch says he convened acommunity advisory board for the ACTU last spring,in an effort to bring clinical researcherstogether with representatives from the community,minority groups and AIDS activists...
Last August, that advisory board recommendedseveral changes in the clinical testingprocess--among them, making treatment moreaccessible to women, children and minorities--saysRochelle L. Rollins, spokesperson for the Blackcommunity on the ACTU advisory board. Rollins, whois director of research at the Multicultural AIDSCoalition, says the board has also suggested theACTU make more appointments during non-work hours,recruit a more multilingual staff and providechild care for women taking part in the trials...
Harvard officials say they are working on suchrecommendations, but activists like Immel, whorepresents ACTUP on the community advisory board,say they feel Harvard is still out of touch withthe needs of those infected with HIV. He describesthe ACTU's criteria for drug trials as "reallyanal" and too restrictive...