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1. MILESTONES IN THE U.S. and VIRGINIA HIV EPIDEMIC Virginia Virginia 1981 1983 1989 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 1985 1982 1986 2006 1984 2000 2002 2004 1998 1988 1990 1994 1992 1996 CDC launches its Business Responds To AIDS program Arthur Ashe announces he has AIDS AIDS Clinical Trial Group Study 076 shows perinatal HIV transmission can be greatly reduced with ZDV treatment VDH convenes Community Planning Committee to establish HIV prevention priorities VDH funds Prevention For Positives grant program CDC recommends every person aged 13-64 get tested for HIV VA is one of 3 states nationally to participate in the Geographic Information Systems HIV Surveillance Enhancement Initiative In VA, average length of client enrollment in ADAP reaches an all time high of 48 months CDC announces its Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative to reduce HIV incidence Surgeon General mails Understanding AIDS brochure to every US household Universal Precautions established for health care workers VDH conducts first Regional AIDS trainer course Oral fluid testing is initiated through 9 pilot sites in VA 2,742 patients served through ADAP 35 medications available on the formulary VDH establishes grant program to address HIV among men who have sex with men VDH convenes The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Advisory Committee HTLVIII virus is now termed HIV VA health departments begin offering HIV antibody test VDH funds AIDS Service organization (ASO) grant program Congress passes Ryan White C.A.R.E Act CDC estimates 1,000,000 people are living with HIV in the U.S. and 25% of people who are infected do not know it CDC funds prevention programs through Health Departments FDA licenses first antibody test VA funds 4 anonymous test sites VDH establishes AIDS hotline Rock Hudson dies from AIDS CDC establishes national AIDS hotline AIDS becomes a reportable disease in VA First cases of AIDS identified In the U.S. FDA approves OraQuick rapid antibody test VDH receives CDC funding for the Incidence and Resistance Project First AIDS case reported in VA All major routes of transmission are identified Oral fluid rapid testing approved by FDA Over 9 localities served by VDH Minority AIDS Projects Over 3,500 people with HIV served through Title-II funded consortia in VA CDC funds VDH for the National Behavioral Surveillance Project and the Medical Monitoring Project Magic Johnson announces he has HIV VDH funds regional consortia to provide care and support services to people with HIV FDA approves first Protease Inhibitor VA has second highest increase in national AIDS cases VA requires all pregnant women to be counseled and offered testing VA expands Minority AIDS Projects to 3 additional sites U.S. sees first decline in AIDS deaths VDH initiates High Risk Youth and Adults prevention grants First VA pediatric case reported CDC launches America Responds to AIDS public information campaign HIV testing in VA is expanded to TB, Maternity & Family Planning clinics VDH initiates reimbursement for ZDV, AZT for low-income persons CDC commends VDH for its HIV counseling & testing programs VDH funds Capacity Building grants to support newly formed, rural and minority ASOs Perinatal AIDS cases drop to an all time low VDH funds prevention services through faith-based organizations First 100,000 AIDS cases reported in US HIV becomes a reportable condition in VA VA reports more than 1,000 cases in a year Prepared by the Division of Disease Prevention, 2006