Other News In 1999
1999
Minority AIDS Initiative Is Launched
By 1999, African-Americans made up only 13 percent of the U.S. population but accounted for 43 percent of all new AIDS cases. Similarly, Latinos represented 14 percent of the U.S. population and 22 percent of new AIDS cases.
Minority Group | Proportion of U.S. Population | Proportion of U.S. Estimated New HIV/AIDS Cases |
---|---|---|
African-Americans | 13% | 43% |
Latinos | 14% | 22% |
The alarming upward trend of AIDS incidence in the minority community led David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General under President Clinton, to declare “a public health emergency,” noting that “the complexion of the epidemic has changed.”
To confront the health disparities that were contributing to higher rates of HIV/AIDS in minority communities, the Congressional Black Caucus began the Minority AIDS Initiative in fiscal year 1999. Congress responded by allocating $156 million to fund Minority AIDS Initiative efforts.
Since its inception, the Minority AIDS Initiative has realized positive outcomes, including improvement in the availability of services and access to care for minorities and an increase in the involvement of minorities in the planning process.
-
Toward Passage - 1986
HRSA Debuts First
AIDS Program - 1987
AZT Reimbursement
Program Launches - 1988
Pediatric AIDS
Grants Begins - 1989
HRSA Funds Move
Outside Epicenters - 1990
CARE Act Is Adopted,
Named for Indiana Teen -
The Early Years - 1991
HRSA Awards First
CARE Act Grants - 1992
Training Creates Access
to Expert Care - 1993
Largest Epicenters
Now Number 25 - 1994
AZT Is Found to Protect
Newborns From HIV - 1995
The Age of Combination
Therapy Arrives -
Adapting to Change - 1996
CARE Act
Reauthorized - 1997
Programs Unite
Under One Umbrella - 1998
Administration Addresses
Epidemic in Minorities - 1999
Minority AIDS Initiative
is Launched - 2000
Reauthorization Focuses
on People Not in Care -
A New Millennium - 2001
HRSA Publishes Treatment
Guide for Women - 2002
CARE Act Expertise
Goes Global - 2003
Global HIV/AIDS
Program Begins - 2004
HRSA Addresses
Severity of Need - 2005
New Treatment
for Addiction -
New Approaches - 2006
The CARE Act
Makeover - 2007
New Policies—
Waves of Change - 2008
Continuing Work
on Re-entry Programs - 2009
Improving
Performance Data - 2010
20 Years and
a Legacy of Care -
The Road Ahead - 2011
30 Years of AIDS:
Honoring the Past,
Looking Toward the Future - 2012
Care is Prevention