The Changing Story of HIV/AIDS

Updated on August 28, 2015

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The Changing Story of HIV/AIDS

June 1981: 26 cases of what would later be called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are reported to America's CDC.But in only one year:771: number of cases of AIDS reported in 1982 618: number of deaths

AIDS cases peaked in 1992 with 78,000 cases1992 – cumulative, 360, 909 cases of AIDS reported since 1981 234,225 deaths78: % of People infected with the disease from 1988-1995 died

1995: first anti-retroviral approved by FDAResults?: With improved treatment, 5 % of people infected with the disease from 2005-2009, died

Treatment:AZT: only FDA approved anti-HIV drug AZT back in 198718 months: life expectancy for people with AIDS in the early days

NOW:More than 30: drugs available to treat HIV/AIDSOld age: life expectancy of those with HIV can be into 60s and 70s, with treatment

Fact:"The Berlin Patient": Timothy R. Brown is first person in the world to be cured of HIV/AIDS.Brown was diagnosed with HIV in 1995 and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2006. Stem cell treatment cured him.

EpidemiologyOriginally seen as a "gay disease" HIV/AIDS is now seen as a global epidemic that affects everyone.

In 2010, the subpopulations with the greatest number of new HIV infections were:White MSM (Men who have sex with men)11,200Black MSM10,600Hispanic/Latino MSM6700Black Heterosexual Women5300Black Heterosexual Men2700White Heterosexual Women1300Hispanic/Latina Heterosexual Women1200Black Male IDUs (Intravenous drug users)1100

NOW: Globally

Living with HIV: 37 MillionYounger than 15: 2.6 MillionNewly Infected with HIV in 2014: 2 MillionYounger than 15: 220,000Have access to antiretroviral therapy: 41%

Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic:1.7 million: number of Americans infected with HIVMore than 650,000: number of Americans who have died of AIDS78 million: worldwide have been infected with HIV39 million: have died of AIDS-related causes

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