In December 1981, the first cases of PCP were reported in people who inject drugs.4
AIDS' (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
On 8 April 1990, Ryan White died of an AIDS-related illness aged 18
In March 1989, 145 countries had reported 142,000 AIDS cases.
On 7 November, professional basketball player Earvin (Magic) Johnson announced he had HIV and retired from the sport, planning to educate young people about the virus.
Tennis star Arthur Ashe revealed he became infected with HIV as the result of a blood transfusion in 1983
Over 700,000 people were thought to have the virus in Asia and the Pacific.
In December, the FDA approved an oral HIV test - the first non-blood HIV test.
By the end of the year, there were an estimated 4.7 million new HIV infections - 2.5 million in southeast Asia and 1.9 million in sub-Saharan Africa.631995
The FDA approved the first home testing kit; a viral load test to measure the level of HIV in the blood; the first non-nucleoside transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) drug (nevirapine); and the first HIV urine test.66
UNAIDS estimated that 30 million people had HIV worldwide equating to 16,000 new infections a day
In 1999, the WHO announced that AIDS was the fourth biggest cause of death worldwide and number one killer in Africa
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