As death toll from HIV/AIDS wanes, new models for primary care emerge from decades of HIV experience
The Desert Sun When celebrated author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra visited Palm Springs in early February, he had an epiphany. Invited to be a featured speaker in the Palm Springs Speaks lecture series, he visited Desert AIDS Project before his...
Desert AIDS Project has a long history of creating an oasis of care in Palm Springs area
At a time when gay men were dying at an alarming rate, when society was frightened — and for the most part, uneducated — about this sinister epidemic known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), eight fiercely determined individuals fought to create an oasis...
Palm Springs architect designs Desert AIDS Project’s $35 million campus expansion plan
In two to three years, when Desert AIDS Project’s $35 million campus expansion is completed, it will have the capacity to serve 10,000 patients who are underinsured and/or low-income. That’s more than double its current client list. D.A.P.’s growth plan includes...
Through the years: A look at Desert AIDS Project’s evolution as a health-care provider
1984: At a time when public agencies and the health-care system were slow to respond to the HIV epidemic in the Coachella Valley, a community of grass-roots volunteers founded Desert AIDS Project (D.A.P.). Aug. 14, 1984: With the approval of California Secretary of...
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