HIV and AIDS

HIV AIDS Fact Sheet

National Institutes of Health Fact Sheet Twenty-Five Years Ago • On June 5, 1981, the first cases of a new and fatal disease now known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported in the CDC publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. HIV/AIDS • Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort represents the larg ...  more>>

Education and HIV-AIDS - A window of Hope

E D U C AT I O N A N D “HIV/AIDS is unequivocally the most devastating disease we have ever faced, and it will get worse before it gets better. This welcome new book argues convincingly that we must adopt cross-sectoral strategies for fighting HIV/AIDS, ones that take full advantage of the benefits of education and help to create healthy, cohesive ...  more>>

History of HIV Testing

History of HIV & Testing Jeffrey Beal, MD Medical Director Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center The Beginning • 1978 gay men in the US and Sweden--and heterosexuals in Tanzania and Haiti begin showing signs of what will later be called AIDS. Recognition • Summer of 1981, Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report – Two report ...  more>>

Facts about HIV

Facts about HIV

What is HIV/AIDS

Background information on TB/HIV collaboration