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2. Mid-1970's-1980 history collected by Dr MZ Current pandemic started in the mid-to late 1970s approximately 100,000- 300,000 persons may have been infected 1978 gay men in the US and Sweden and heterosexuals in Tanzania and Haiti begin showing signs of what will later be called AIDS.

3. 1981 History collected by Dr MZ 8 cases of KS among young gay men June 5, 1981: 5 cases of PCP in gay men from UCLA (MMWR)

7. 1983 History collected by Dr MZ Dr Robert Gallo from National Cancer Institute isolated the virus – HTLV III Dr Montagnier et al isolated the virus at Pasteur Institute France – called LAV 1984 History of the HIV epidemic, Marshall J. Glesby, Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

8. 1985 History collected by Dr MZ FDA licensed the first blood test for AIDS for commercial production, First international Conference on AIDS held in Atlanta WHO consider the AIDS pandemic & initiate Worldwide action

10. 1986 History collected by Dr MZ International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses ruled HIV A drug called azidothymidine (AZT) slowed down the attack of the AIDS virus

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22. 1996 History collected by Dr MZ UNAIDS became operational on January 1st 1996 the FDA approved the drug Viramune (nevirapine), aggressive treatment with multiple drugs can convert deadly AIDS into a chronic, manageable disorder like diabetes

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28. 1998 History collected by Dr MZ In South Africa, Gugu Dlamini, an AIDS activist, was beaten to death by her neighbours after revealing her HIV positive status on Zulu television. In Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, the estimates showed that between 20% and 26% of people were living with HIV or AIDS

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45. 2004 History collected by Dr MZ In May, five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting children with HIV were sentenced to death by a Libyan court. Mohammed Dica, was the first person in 137 years to be convicted in England and Wales for sexually transmitting a disease

50. collected by Dr MZ 25 years of AIDS 6 Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment launched 7 Scientists develop the first treatment regimen to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV 8 UNAIDS is created 9 The UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched 10 WHO and UNAIDS launch the "3 x 5" initiative with the goal of reaching 3 million people in developing world with ART by 2005 40 30 20 10 0 50 35 25 15 5 45 Million 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 7 1 First cases of unusual immune deficiency are identified among gay men in USA 2 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is defined for the first time 3 The Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) is identified as the cause of AIDS 4 The first HIV antibody test becomes available 5 The first therapy for AIDS – zidovudine, or AZT -- is approved for use in the USA People living with HIV Children orphaned by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 1.1 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 6