amfAR establishes a Community-Based Clinical Trials (CBCT) program and awards grants to 16 research units.
The NIH funds 17 community-based AIDS clinical research units as part of a federally sponsored research program.
As a result of CBCT trials, some funded by amfAR, the FDA approves treatments for AZT-induced anemia and Mycobacterium avium complex and a new method of preventing pneumonia.
Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS.
amfAR staff member Bruce Kent dies of AIDS.
U.S. YEAR-END STATISTICS
117,508 cases of AIDS reported to date
89,343 deaths
