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Timeline
Your NYC Health History
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 1970-1999
| 1983 |
Office of Gay and Lesbian Health forms |
| 1985 |
DOH starts offering free, anonymous AIDS tests |
| 1986 |
Division of AIDS Program Services begins |
| 1988 |
Needle Exchange Program begins to curb HIV among injecting drug users |
| 1990 |
“New York, New York” initiative forms to create housing for homeless and mentally ill |
| 1990 |
Community Health Works partners with community organizations |
| 1990 |
Citywide Immunization Registry starts |
| 1991 |
Programs to improve asthma treatment for children begins |
| 1993 |
Reinvestment Law pass. State funds transfer from psychiatric hospital closures into community-based services for the mentally ill |
1992 |
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis epidemic stopped |
| 1996 |
Citywide Immunization Registry established |
| 1997 |
Emergency Preparedness partnership with Columbia University begins |
| 1998 |
Childhood Asthma initiative takes off |
| 1999 |
Disease detectives track West Nile virus |
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