The AIDS epidemic

According to Terje Anderson, executive director of the National Association of People with AIDS (Crary, 2001, p. A16),

If someone is infected with HIV and doesn't have the money, and they really want to get these drugs, they can get themàbut sometimes there are a lot of hoops to jump through and some people don't want to do that (Crary, 2001, p. A16).

The terminally ill should never be forced to "jump through hoops" to secure medical treatment.

The project proposed addresses the need whereas bureaucracy should not add to the stress people face when ill. A project is proposed which will work with working-class people, afflicted with this disease, to reduce bureaucratic barriers and bring the needed medication to them in a more efficient fashion.

Seed capital in the amount of $10,000 will be necessary to launch this program that will become self-sustaining in its first year of operation through community donation, solicited by the executive director and other members of the "AIDS Awareness Project" (AAP). AAP is

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75 individuals is still valid and has not changed through death or other reasons. In short a re-validation needs to be performed to assure that each of the individuals involved still qualifies for treatment and/or assistance. Establish how far each has progressed through the utilization of personal efforts. There is no reason to start everyone from the beginning. The project assumes that the 175 individuals involved, when analyzed as a group, probably fit some sort of distribution with some being closer to bureaucratic resolution than others. It is important to determine those individuals nearing the end of the cycle as opposed to those in the middle and/or those at the very beginning of the process. For each individual involved, determine the specific roadblocks to their personal path in achieving fulfillment of the necessary medication. The specificity of their obstacles must be determined. Where there has been evidence of a simple lapse in communication, AAP will guide the individual in resolution of this type of situation individually. What AAP is working to ameliorate are those situations where there is a clear obstacle caused by an administrative trigger or lack thereof. Work to break down the above identified speci
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