A Historical

Timeline of AHF

Founded in 1987, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is the largest HIV/AIDS organization in the world. It provides free HIV treatment in 45 countries to more than 1.7 million patients. AHF delivers cutting-edge medicine and advocacy regardless of ability to pay.

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1983

1986-1995

FIRST ERA

Fight For The Living

Fight for the living and care for the dying

No One Understands What Is Yet to Come December '83

1986

Friends Boldly Form “Stop the AIDS Quarantine Committee” November '86 0% Rise in AIDS deaths from 1984 to 1985

1987

Los Angeles AIDS Hospice Committee Demands Urgent Action February '87 Milestone AHF Is Founded June '87 "Anyone who has AIDS is more willing to die at home than die at USC." -Ron Rose, AIDS Activist

1988

Milestone AHF Opens First AIDS Hospice For Terminally Ill December '88

1989

At 39, AHF Co-Founder Chris Brownlie Dies of AIDS November '89 "It is the fighting back...It is surviving and believing in the future..." -Excerpt of poem, "AIDS," by Chris Brownlie, Co-Founder of AHF

1990

AIDS Hospice Foundation Changes Name to AIDS Healthcare Foundation June '90 Milestone AHF Launches “Out of the Closet” Thrift Store October '90

1991

Milestone First AHF Healthcare Center Opens For People With HIV/AIDS February '91

1992

AHF Brings Hospice Care to Underserved South L.A. March '92

1993

"But perhaps the...most astonishing lesson is that if we fight, we can win." -Chris Brownlie, Co-Founder of AHF

January '93 780 Terminally-Ill Patients Cared For at Chris Brownlie Hospice February '93

1994

AHF Provides Outpatient Care Across Los Angeles August '94

1995

AHF Establishes Nation’s First Capitated Managed Care Program April '95

AHF Operates Three Community-Based Hospices June '95 0 AIDS deaths in 1995 — the leading killer of all Americans aged 25 to 44

November '95 In U.S., AIDS Deaths Spike to All-Time High December '95

1996-1999

SECOND ERA

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1996

1996-1999

SECOND ERA

Treatment = Life

An Innovative Campaign

Milestone “AIDS Cocktail” Gives Life to People With HIV/AIDS July '96 "I'd be damned that we now have a life preserver and that people aren't going to get it." - AHF co-founder Michael Weinstein, on the costly new AIDS cocktail

Aggressive Advocacy Is Hallmark of AHF August '96

1997

Milestone AHF Unveils Innovative “Treatment = Life” Campaign January '97

1998

AHF Opens Pioneering WeHo Lounge April '98

0 Number of patient visits at AHF clinics in 1998

1999

Milestone AHF Expands Life-Saving Work Outside California June '99 AIDS Takes More Than Two Million Lives Worldwide December '99

2000-2007

THIRD ERA

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2000

2000-2007

THIRD ERA

Think Global

Sharing Expertise

Milestone AHF Co-Founder Michael Weinstein Goes to South Africa July '00 0Million South Africans infected by HIV in 2000 — the largest single HIV population in the world

August '00 Milestone First AHF Pharmacy Opens October '00

AHF Partners With Basketball Legend Magic Johnson November '00

2001

AHF Grows Community-Based HIV/AIDS Services Nationwide December '01

2002

AHF Launches “AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now” July '02

"...to prove that the poorest of the poor have the same need as a person who has money, and that they want to live." -Diana Hoorzuk, Global Vice Chair, on AHF's first clinic in Durban, South Africa

September '02 Milestone First AHF Global Clinic Opens November '02

AHF Delivers Free HIV Drug Treatment to Africa November '02 At the time, some incorrectly thought "...that you could deal with this problem with normal eating, exercise..." -Dr. Muse Gumede, South Africa

AHF Fights to Lower Exorbitant Drug Prices December '02

2003

Milestone AHF Plays Key Role In President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief January '03 AHF Sues Major Pharmaceutical Companies March '03

2004

“AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now” Advocates for Lower Drug Prices July '04 0% Rate of HIV medication adherence in AHF’s South Africa clinic one year after opening

2005

AHF Serves 27,000 Clients in Seven Countries December '05

2006

AHF Challenges Power Brokers to Make HIV Treatment More Accessible August '06

AHF Serves 53,000 Patients In 15 Countries December '06

2007

"[Weinstein] said...I feel that even under the circumstances, we have to do this." -Peter Reis, Senior Vice President, recalling conversation with Michael Weinstein regarding AHF's financial crisis stemming from its global expansion

AHF Demands Pharma Giant Not “Trade Human Lives For Profits” March '07

AHF Establishes Cutting-Edge Marketing Division September '07

2008-2021

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2008

2008-2021

FOURTH ERA

Keep The Promise

Keeping the Promise on AIDS

AHF Demands Universal Access to HIV Treatment August '08

First “Out of the Closet” Store Opens Outside California September '08 0$ The medical cost of each new HIV infection

December '08 Rand Corporation Finds AHF Extraordinarily Effective December '08

2009

AHF Enters the Condom Business January '09

AHF Starts “International Condom Day” February '09

AHF Opens “All-in-One” HIV/AIDS Facility April '09 0 Number of Americans with an unknown HIV infection

April '09 Month-Long “Testing Millions” Campaign Shatters Myths May '09 AHF Creates Impulse Group November '09

2010

Milestone AHF Initiates Cutting-Edge “Test and Treat” Model February '10 AHF Conducts “Testing America” Tour March '10

0Million Love condoms distributed by AHF

May '10 AHF Successfully Defends PEPFAR in Washington D.C. July '10

2011

AHF Advocates For Lower-Income Patients January '11 "Advocacy must be forceful enough to overcome all the prejudices working against it." -AHF Statement of Principles on Prevention

January '11 Ninety-Six Cents of Every Dollar Earned Go To HIV Services June '11

AHF Is Largest HIV/AIDS Service Provider in the World December '11

"Keep your eye on the prize. The prize is towards global AIDS control... We cannot be defeated." -Michael Weinstein, AHF President

2012

AHF’s Rose Parade Float Raises HIV/AIDS Awareness Across U.S. January '12 “Condom Nation” Showcases Safer Sex Nationwide June '12

Milestone AHF’s “Keep the Promise” March and Concert in Washington D.C. July '12 0Million The number of AIDS deaths around the world

2013

Atlanta Non-Profits & AHF Demand Lower HIV Drug Prices February '13

AHF Utilizes Social Media Platforms Worldwide May '13

AHF Performs Two Million Free HIV Tests Around the Globe September '13

San Francisco Voters Approve AHF’s “Fair Drug Pricing” Initiative November '13 "If we can get a cold can of Coke to any part of Africa, we can certainly deliver AIDS treatment." -Joep Lange, AIDS Researcher

November '13 Milestone AHF Initiates Ambitious “20×20” Global Campaign November '13 Milestone AHF Successfully Lobbies for Congressional Reauthorization of PEPFAR December '13

2014

Milestone AHF Kicks Off “AIDS Is A Civil Rights Issue” Campaign January '14 AHF Turns Spotlight on Pharmaceutical Greed March '14

AHF Fights Las Vegas Law Banning Mobile HIV Testing June '14

AHF Demands Urgent Response to Ebola Crisis July '14 "AHF is the last foundation that remains in Russia from abroad...AHF is the last piece of serenity." -Dr. Larissa Badreieva, AHF Medical Coordinator

AHF Continues To Serve Eastern Europe Patients During Political Turmoil December '14

2015

AHF Establishes “AHF Federation” February '15

AHF Fights Corporate Greed Over 340B Legislation May '15 AHF Serves More Than 500,000 Around The Globe December '15

2016

AHF’s “Keep the Promise” March and Concert in South Africa July '16 AHF Performs 4.8 Million Free HIV Tests Worldwide December '16

2017

AHF Launches Healthy Housing Foundation October '17

Healthy Housing Foundation AIDS Healthcare Foundation

For 30 years, AHF Fulfills Patient-Centered Mission December '17

2018

AHF Rings Alarm Bells as Ebola Re-emerges in Africa June '18

AHF Reaches 1 Million Patients Served October '18

2019

AHF Testing Boat Hits the Water in the Amazon February '19

AHF Successfully Advocates for Ouster of UNAIDS Chief May '19

Victory for Housing Rights in California May '19

AHF Reaches Major ‘Test and Treat’ Milestone in Europe November '19

IMPULSE Group Celebrates 10th Anniversary December '19

2020

AHF Dedicates Asia Bureau Office to Heroic Wuhan Doctor February '20

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AHF’s Out of the Closet Thrift Stores Celebrate 30 Years! October '20 AHF Milestone: 1.5 Million Lives in Care! December '20

2021

Fighting Hunger with Food for Health April '21 AHF Launches the Vaccinate Our World Campaign April '21

AHF-supported Panel Launches Calling for a New Global Public Health Convention April '21 Lancet Paper Makes the Case for a Global Public Health Convention May '21

AHF & U.S. Army Deliver Aid in Wake of Earthquake in Haiti August '21

First-of-its-kind Trans Center Opens in WeHo September '21 AHF Mourns Passing of Rev. Carl Bean September '21

2022-2023

FIFTH ERA

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2022-2023

FIFTH ERA

The Present

The present is happening now

AHF Puts Advocacy Wheels in Motion to Fight Monkeypox February '22

AHF Uganda Turns 20! July '22

AHF South Africa Celebrates 20 Years! July '22

AHF Pledges $10 Million to the Global Fund September '22 AHF Celebrates 30 years of 340B November '22

2023

AHF Eswatini Commemorates 15th Year with New Centre of Excellence! January '23 AHF Celebrates 20 Years of PEPFAR! February '23

AHF Vietnam Turns 15! February '23

#GreedyGilead Protests go Global March '23

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