ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME(AIDS)

25 years of AIDS

Year 1996:  Brazil becomes the first developing nation to provide free anti-retroviral therapy through its public health system. UNAIDS program launched. First non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor approved for use in U.S.

Year 1997:  Estimated death toll due to AIDS put at around 6.4 million. CDC reports first case of probable HIV transmission through kissing. An estimated 8 million children in Africa have lost one or both parents to AIDS.

Year 1998:  South Africa barred from producing cheap generic drugs to treat the country's estimated 3.6 million HIV positive victims by 39 pharmaceutical companies who filed a law suit against SA.  This case generated global outrage.

Year 1999:  First trial of possible HIV Vaccine in a developing country starts in Thailand.

Year 2000:  UNAIDS and WHO launch joint initiative with 5 pharmaceutical companies to increase access to HIV treatment in developing countries.

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