2015

Researchers report that antiretroviral therapy is highly effective at preventing sexual transmission of HIV from a person living with HIV to an uninfected heterosexual partner when the HIV-positive partner is virally suppressed. The finding comes from the decade-long HPTN 052 clinical trial.

amfAR launches the PEPFAR Country/Regional Operational Plans (COPs/ROPs) Database, which is designed to help civil society organizations, ministries of health and finance, researchers, and other stakeholders to access and understand PEPFAR’s programs and priorities.

Indiana state health officials announce an HIV outbreak linked to injection drug use in rural Scott County. By the end of the year, Indiana will confirm 184 new cases of HIV linked to the outbreak.

In recognition of her leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the National Portrait Gallery accepts two photographic portraits of Dr. Krim into its permanent collection.

The White House launches the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020. The updated Strategy incorporates scientific advances, increased healthcare access due to the ACA, and a renewed emphasis on key populations, geographic areas, and practices necessary to end the domestic HIV epidemic.

The World Health Organization announces new treatment recommendations that call for all people living with HIV to begin antiretroviral therapy as soon after diagnosis as possible and daily oral PrEP as an additional prevention choice for those at risk of contracting HIV.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces it will lift its 30-year-old ban on all blood donations by men who have sex with men and institute a policy that allows them to donate blood if they have not had sexual contact with another man in the previous 12 months.

amfAR celebrates its 30th anniversary. Over three decades, The Foundation has invested more than $400 million in its programs.