Timeline Of Events In Us Global Hiv Aids Policy

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Timeline of Events in U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Policy
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Directions:
1. Briefly review the timeline of events in U.S. global HIV/AIDS policy below.
2. In your small groups discuss the following questions:
Describe the U.S. government’s response to the AIDS crisis between 1980 and 1986.
In 1987 the U.S. takes several actions to address the HIV/AIDS issue. Would you say
these policies create a contradictory policy?
Describe the chain of events in 1991 and again in 1992.
By 1997, who seems to be developing the most effective actions in the fight against
HIV/AIDS, the scientific community or the government? Explain you answer.
Review the time period between 2001 and 2005. What seems to turn around the
government’s policy toward supporting funding for treating HIV/AIDS?
3. Now look at the chart, “Ranking Key Events” at the end of this handout. Working in
your group, rank the order of the five most significant U.S. government policy events that
address the HIV/AIDS epidemic by placing the number of the event with a brief
description in the appropriate box. In the case of a sub-event, place the number and the
letter (i.e., “7a” or “9c”) in the box.
4. Be prepared to explain the reasons for your ranking of each event.
Timeline:
1. 1981-2 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report first rare cases of pneumonia
in young gay men. The CDC later names the disease AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome).
2. Early 1980’s – Gay activist groups such as the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, National
Association of People with AIDS, Project Inform, American Foundation for AIDS Research
lobby the government, pushing for more research money and access to more drugs more
quickly.
3. 1982-3 – U.S. government reacts to the AIDS crisis with formal tracking of all AIDS cases,
Congressional hearings, and U.S. public health service prevention recommendations.
4. 1980’s – Scientific community identifies the virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in
1984, develops a test in 1985, and even the first anti-retroviral drug, AZT, in 1987.
5. 1985 – The Pentagon announces that it will begin testing all new military recruits for HIV
infection and will reject those who are positive.
6. 1986 – President Reagan mentions AIDS in a letter to Congress making AIDS a priority.
7. 1986 – C. Everett Koop (U.S. Surgeon General) issues Surgeon General’s Report on AIDS;
and in 1988 issues an 8-page pamphlet on HIV/AIDS prevention.

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