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Timeline

Your NYC Health History
NYC Health

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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