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Elizabeth Glaser ( née Meyer; November 11, 1947 – December 3, 1994) was an American AIDS activist and child advocate married to actor and director Paul Michael Glaser. She contracted HIV very early in the AIDS epidemic after receiving an HIV-contaminated blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth.
About. Elizabeth’s Story. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was born from the most powerful force of all: a mother’s love for her children. Elizabeth Glaser contracted HIV in a blood transfusion in 1981 while giving birth to her daughter, Ariel.
Founded over 30 years ago, The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is committed to a comprehensive response to fighting HIV and AIDS through research, global advocacy, strengthening of local health care systems, and growing the capacity of governments and communities in the world’s most affected regions to respond to urgent needs.
Jan 24, 2022 · Jake Glaser, the son of Elizabeth Glaser and actor Paul Michael Glaser, contracted HIV in utero after his mother was infected during a blood transfusion.
In Brief. Elizabeth Glaser’s fight to save her HIV-positive children led to her creation of the Pediatric AIDS Foundation to save children worldwide from the devastation of AIDS. Glaser became infected with HIV in 1981 due to a blood transfusion and passed the disease to her children.
Dec 4, 1994 · Elizabeth Glaser, who waged a tireless campaign to draw attention to pediatric AIDS after she unknowingly passed the disease on to her daughter and son, died yesterday at her home in Santa...
Dec 4, 1994 · Elizabeth Glaser, whose agonizing story of how she and her two children became infected with the AIDS virus brought a tearful silence to the floor of the 1992 Democratic presidential convention,...
Mar 21, 1990 · A Star in the AIDS War : Elizabeth Glaser has become an unlikely but premier lobbyist in the campaign against a killer. By GERALDINE BAUM. March 21, 1990 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER....
American AIDS activist who founded the nonprofit Pediatric AIDS Foundation (PAF). Name variations: Betsy Meyer.
Dec 3, 1994 · Elizabeth confronted the challenge of AIDS in her own life and lost her beloved daughter to AIDS at a time when our Government and our country were too indifferent to this illness and the people who had it.
