The Dawn of the Patient Revolution (with Gregg Gonsalves)
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In the 1980s, Gregg Gonsalves had a key role in one of the first examples of patient empowerment movement worldwide. When the information around HIV/AIDS was scarce, Gregg joined Act Up, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, spawning a career of patient advocacy in public health research and achieving breakthroughs in funding of research that … Continue reading The Dawn of the Patient Revolution (with Gregg Gonsalves) →
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