Uganda begins promoting ‘zero-grazing’ and ‘love carefully’ to prevent HIV.
Project SIDA launches in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) – the first and largest project on AIDS in Africa.
Scientists from the Pasteur Institute in France report the discovery of a new retrovirus, named LAV, that could be the cause of AIDS.
‘Slim disease’ is reported in Uganda.
Australia, Brazil and many countries in Europe announce their first official HIV cases.
A number of AIDS-specific organisations are set up in the USA to help support and educate affected gay communities.
New York Times publishes first mainstream press article on HIV.
The first confirmed case of HIV is in an African man living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New World Health Organization guidelines recommend beginning antiretroviral treatment immediately after HIV diagnosis.
Doctors in Mississippi announce that a baby born HIV-positive has been ‘cured’.
