2000-2009 - 2000-2009
2000: US Global AIDS and TB Relief Act authorizes up to $600 million for global efforts
Nonoxynol-9 is found to increase risk of HIV transmission
2001: Doha Declaration affirms the rights of developing countries to buy or manufacture generic medications to meet public health crises such as HIV/AIDS
2002: Rapid HIV Blood Test Approved by FDA
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is created
2003: President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), committing $15 billion. Provision gives a third of USAID’s prevention funding to abstinence programs.
The US Supreme Court overturns sodomy laws, proclaiming rights to privacy and decriminalizing “homosexual” behavior
1st US National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day is observed
2004: Rapid Oral Test Approved by FDA
Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legally recognize same-sex marriage
2005: 1st US Annual National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
WHO, UNAIDS, the US Government, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria announce results of joint efforts to increase the availability of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans throws into bold relief the problems of class, race, and the persistent legacy of slavery in the US
2006: CDC recommends routine HIV testing in health care settings for people aged 13-64
1st US Annual National Women and Girls HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day
Kim Coco Iwamoto, the first openly transgender person to be elected to a state level office, is elected to the Hawaii Board of Education
2007: In October, the CDC launch Prevention IS Care (PIC), a social marketing campaign designed for healthcare providers who deliver care to people living with HIV
1st US National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed
2008: First US Annual National Gay Men’s HIV/ AIDS Awareness Day
2009: Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes and Prevention is signed into law, expanding federal hate crimes motivated by a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity and becoming the first federal law to include legal protections for transgender people
US lifts federal ban on needle exchange programs
Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in as the first Latinx Supreme Court justice