AIDS timeline

1981 • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishes first report of AIDS

1982 • First community-based AIDS service provider created

• First AIDS case reported in Africa

1983 • French scientists isolate HIV

• Heterosexual transmission confirmed

• Epidemic in central Africa documented

• People With AIDS movement launched with Denver Principles

1984 • Jonathan Mann launches Projet SIDA in Zaire

1985 • First International AIDS Conference held

• First test to diagnose HIV licensed

• National AIDS response launched in Uganda

1986 • AIDS control program established at World Health Organization (WHO)

1987 • The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) founded in Uganda

• AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACTUP) created

• FDA approves azidothymidine ...

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