ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME(AIDS)

25 years of AIDS

Year 1985:  The first international celebrity to disclose AIDS infliction publicly was American film star Rock Hudson.  Screening of blood donations begin even as HIV antibody tests were being developed in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Year 1986: Worldwide deaths attributed to AIDS disease crosses 16,300.

Year 1987:  UN General Assembly debates on the AIDS. Azidothymidine or AZT a first therapy for AIDS approved for use in U.S. Cost of the treatment USD6,300 per year.  AIDS declared as public enemy number one by US President Ronald Reagan.

Year 1990:  An estimated 1 million children worldwide reported to have lost one or both parents to AIDS.

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