2006

The CDC reports that African Americans account for more than half of new HIV infections in the U.S.

The CDC announces that mother-to-child HIV transmission in the U.S. has declined to less than two percent. Early studies supported by amfAR ultimately led to the use of antiretrovials to block mother-to-child transmission.

The FDA approves the world’s first anti-HIV drug that it taken once per day as a single pill.

The CDC recommends that all adolescents and adults be routinely tested for HIV infection.

amfAR’s TREAT Asia program launches a pediatric network to help improve the quality of life of children living with HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.

Circumcision is found to reduce HIV infections in men by around 50 percent.