History of HIV/AIDS
2007
UNAIDS estimates that 33.2 million people are living with AIDS worldwide, seven million less than the 2005 estimate.
Director of the AIDS department at the World Health Organization declares, “For the first time, we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths.”
2006
U.S. Center for Disease Control recommends regular HIV-screening for all adults.
2005
Over one million people in the U.S. and 40 million globally are living with HIV/AIDS.
2004
FDA approves use of HIV rapid test that releases results in 20 minutes with over 99 percent accuracy. Rapid tests used on women in labor and emergency room patients to decreasing mother-to-child transmission in labor diagnose at-risk patients.
2003
The first experimental AIDS vaccine, AIDSVAX, fails to protect over 2,000 intravenous drug-users from the contracting the virus in the first large-scale clinical trial of its kind.
President Bush launches PEPFAR, Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a global five-year, $15 billion initiative to fight HIV/AIDS.
2002
UNAIDS states that half of the adults living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women.
HIV becomes the leading cause of death among those 15-59 years old worldwide.
2000
Both U.S. and U.N. Security Councils declare HIV/AIDS a security threat.
1999
It is estimated that over half of all new HIV infections in the U.S. and worldwide occur in people under age 25.
1998
The Minority AIDS Initiative is founded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after African American leaders declare “a state of emergency.”
Early hope that early and aggressive antiretroviral therapy could permanently cure AIDS dies.
1996
At the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver in July, some scientists proclaim that: "aggressive treatment with multiple drugs can convert deadly AIDS into a chronic, manageable disorder like diabetes."
The annual number of new AIDS cases diagnosed drops for the first time.
Sources
amfAR: “Twenty-Five Years of HIV/AIDS: Snapshots of an Epidemic”
http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/abouthiv/record.html?record=8
“The Gay Men's Health Crisis HIV/AIDS Timeline”
http://www.gmhc.org/about/timeline.html
Kaiser Family Foundation: “The Global HIV/AIDS Timeline”
http://www.kff.org/hivaids/timeline/hivtimeline.cfm
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