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                   Timeline of Developments in AIDS Epidemic

   by John Featherly

     * 1981 - First cases of unusual immune system failure identified
       among gay men, women and injecting drug users
     * 1983 - Luc Montagnier isolates what is later known as HIV
     * 1984 - Robert Gallo identifies HIV as the cause of AIDS
     * 1985 - At least one case of HIV identified in every region of the
       world
     * 1987 - AZT, the first therapy for AIDS, is approved in the United
       States
     * 1988 - Women account for half of adults with HIV in sub-Saharan
       Africa
     * 1990 - One million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS
     * 1991 - The red ribbon becomes a symbol of AIDS awareness
     * 1994 - First treatment to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission
       is developed
     * 1996 - Brazil becomes the first developing country to provide
       antiretroviral therapy through its health program
     * 2000 - UNAIDS, WHO, pharmaceutical companies launch initiative to
       increase access to HIV treatment in developing countries
     * 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush announces the $15 billion
       President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR
     * 2005 - 1.3 million people in low and middle income countries are
       receiving antiretroviral therapy
     * 2006 - Annual global spending on AIDS in low and middle income
       countries is $8.9 billion
     * 2007 - Another major HIV vaccine trial is stopped after preliminary
       results show no benefit
     * 2008 - PEPFAR reauthorized for $48 billion over five years
     * 2009 - 5.2 million people in low and middle income countries have
       access to antiretroviral therapy
     * 2010 - U.S., South Korea, China and Namibia lift travels bans on
       HIV-positive people.
     * 2011 - Trial results showed early start to antiretroviral drugs
       greatly reduces the transmission of HIV among discordant couples

   Source: UNAIDS, Avert
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References

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