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a. National Academy of Science issues a report critical of the U.S. response to "national

health crisis;" calls for a $2 billion investment.

8. 1986 – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda establishes a vigorous sex education program

upon taking power.

9. 1987 – FDA strengthens regulation of condom manufacturing and provides guidance on

labeling of condoms for the prevention of AIDS.

a. U.S. adds HIV as a “dangerous contagious disease” to its immigration exclusion list

and issues mandatory testing of all immigrant applicants.

b. Congress approves $30 million in emergency funding to states for AZT and adopts

the Helms Amendment banning funds for any AIDS education materials that

“promote or encourage, directly or indirectly, homosexual activities.”

c. President Reagan establishes the Presidential Commission on HIV (the Watkins

Commission) which recommended anti-bias laws for HIV positive people, on-

demand treatment for drug addicts, and accelerated AIDS research.

10. 1988 – The U.S. Health Omnibus Programs Extension (HOPE) Act of 1988 authorizes the

use of federal funds for AIDS prevention, education, and testing.

11. 1989 – Congress creates the National Commission on AIDS.

12. 1990 – Ryan White dies at the age of 18. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources

Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990 is enacted by the U.S. Congress. The Act provides federal

funds for community-based care and treatment services.

a. Congress enacts the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination

against individuals with disabilities, including people living with HIV/AIDS.

b. American AIDS deaths pass the 100,000 mark.

13. 1991 – Uganda added condom promotion to its anti-AIDS arsenal. President Museveni’s

comprehensive prevention message becomes known as “ABC.”

a. New York City Board of Education approves an HIV/AIDS initiative, which includes

condom availability in high schools.

14. 1992 – 8

International AIDS Conference ("A World United Against AIDS"), Amsterdam;

would have taken place in Boston, but was moved due to U.S. immigration ban.

a. A federal court strikes down "offensiveness" restrictions on AIDS education materials

proposed by Senator Jesse Helms.

b. AIDS becomes number one cause of death for U.S. men ages 25 to 44.

15. 1995 – President Clinton establishes the first Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

and hosts the first White House Summit on AIDS.

a. AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for all Americans ages 25-44.

16. 1996 – The first anti-retroviral drugs become available, ARVS; combination of the three

medicines – the drug cocktail – reduces AIDS from a certain killer to a disease people could

live with. Expense for drugs are very high $12-14 thousand/year

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