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Bellevue Hospital reports one of the first three cases of unexplained immunodeficiency in the U.S.
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• Bellevue opens first hospital-based HIV nutrition program in U.S.
• Coler Memorial Hospital allocates first long-term care beds in the U.S. for people living with AIDS.
• Jacobi opens Kroc Day Care Center for Children with HIV.
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• HHC opens specialized clinics offering first anti-retroviral drug AZT , a year before it is recommended for wide use.
• Studies of HIV infection in women at Kings County Hospital lead to development of country’s first guidelines for care of HIV-infected women.
• Pop artist Keith Haring paints mural at Woodhull in recognition of hospital’s AIDS care.
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HHC begins to admit an average of 1,000 AIDS patients a day throughout its 11 hospitals.
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• Harlem Hospital establishes the Charles P. Felton Model TB Center as resurgence of tuberculosis hits people infected with HIV hard.
• Woodhull is first HHC hospital certified as a Designated AIDS Center by the state Department of Health.
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Dr. Janet Mitchell of Harlem Hospital wins prestigious Dr. Linda Laubenstein HIV Clinical Excellence Award from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute.
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Bellevue and Harlem hospitals participate in National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial to examine the use of antiretroviral drugs in infants and children infected by their mothers.
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Jacobi, Metropolitan and Bellevue hospitals participate in NIH clinical trials to determine if the drug Nevirapine given to HIV-positive pregnant women can help reduce the chance of transmission during delivery.
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Bellevue hospital participates in an NIH clinical trial examining combination drug therapies for HIV patients that have experienced treatment failures.
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• HHC hosts International Symposium on HIV/AIDS at first United Nations General Assembly on AIDS
• HHC receives $2 million in federal Ryan White Act funds to support computers in HIV exam rooms
• HHC Health and Home Care launches HIV Telehealth Project.
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• 10 HHC hospitals are certified as Designated AIDS Centers in New York State.
• Dr. Joseph R. Masci of Elmhurst Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.
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• With new availability of rapid HIV tests and months before CDC recommends routine HIV screening, HHC expands testing at outpatient clinics, inpatient areas, and emergency departments, increasing testing by 49% in one year.
• New York City Council provides $3 million in funding for HHC HIV testing expansion.
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• HHC co-hosts first statewide conference on rapid HIV testing with State Health Department.
• Dr. Elaine Abrams of Harlem Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.
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Dr. Oladipo A. Alao of Harlem Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.
- Dr. Oladipo Alao, Harlem Hospital
• Dr. Judith A. Aberg of Bellevue Hospital wins Laubenstein Award for clinical excellence in HIV.
• Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr of Harlem Hospital wins MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” for her work with people with HIV/AIDS.
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After four years of routine testing, HHC reaches more than 500,000 individuals who are tested for HIV.
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• HHC tests one millionth New Yorker for HIV and receives CDC recognition at Gracie Mansion.
• HHC prepares to be a key participant in 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.