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Today marks 40 years since the first case of AIDS was reported.
We stand in solidarity w/all people living with or affected by HIV, & we remember our friends/family who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.
Our mission: #endAIDSby2030.
#40YearsOfHIV
We stand in solidarity w/all people living with or affected by HIV, & we remember our friends/family who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.
Our mission: #endAIDSby2030.
#40YearsOfHIV
#40YearsOfHIV
Since the start of the epidemic 77.5 million people have become infected with HIV and more than 34 million have died of AIDS-related causes.
However, HIV is more than a disease.
It's an issue of social justice.
No one should be infected and no one should die.
Since the start of the epidemic 77.5 million people have become infected with HIV and more than 34 million have died of AIDS-related causes.
However, HIV is more than a disease.
It's an issue of social justice.
No one should be infected and no one should die.
In the past 40 years, we have made huge progress in turning the epidemic around: 75% of all people living with HIV are now on treatment. That’s more than 27 million people, on treatment today.
#40YearsOfHIV
#endAIDS
#40YearsOfHIV
#endAIDS
On this day, in 1981, 5 cases of what came to be known as AIDS, were reported in @CDCMMWR—changing the world.
Today, the Lancet journals reflect on the science and people behind #40YearsOfHIV/AIDS response through a special collection of content ➡️ hubs.li/H0PGLbC0
Today, the Lancet journals reflect on the science and people behind #40YearsOfHIV/AIDS response through a special collection of content ➡️ hubs.li/H0PGLbC0
Months later, Kenneth Hymes et al. published an article in @TheLancet describing Kaposi's sarcoma in a group of young homosexual men in New York, suggesting a sexually transmissible disease might have a role in the pathogenesis of the rare cancer.
Read hubs.li/H0PGMwN0.
Read hubs.li/H0PGMwN0.
In 1984, Philippe Van De Perre et al. and Peter Piot et al. provided early data on #AIDS in Rwanda and Zaire.
Udani Samarasekera talks to Peter, Director of @LSHTM, about the first African research project on AIDS, @UNAIDS, and hopes for the future: hubs.li/H0PGL9f0
Udani Samarasekera talks to Peter, Director of @LSHTM, about the first African research project on AIDS, @UNAIDS, and hopes for the future: hubs.li/H0PGL9f0
