ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME(AIDS)

25 years of AIDS

Year 1991:  AIDS awareness globally symbolised by a Red Ribbon.  One more international celebrity, Rock singer Freddie Mercury reveals his AIDS affliction and dies the next day.  The estimated HIV positive persons worldwide put at 10 million.

Year 1992:  HIV prevalence in Uganda and Thailand begins to decrease following massive mobilisation against the epidemic.  First nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor approved for use in the U.S. First clinical trial of the multiple drug cocktails held.

Year 1993:  Two more international personalities die of AIDS infliction. Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Tennis Star Arthur Ashe dies due to infection from blood transfusion.

Year 1994:  First treatment to reduce mother to child HIV transmission conducted.

Year 1995:  First protease inhibitor approved for use in U.S.

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