The emergence of HIV led to several important developments in global health: the development of new antiviral and antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV, the development of long term treatments and preventative measures for HIV, and the exposure of discrimination within the healthcare system against at-risk groups like gay men and drug users in the early years of the epidemic.

1. HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY
VIRUS
What have we learned from past epidemics?

2. Contributions to global health
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ANTIVIRALS AND
ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS.
DEVELOPMENT OF LONG TERM TREATMENTS
AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
EXPOSURE OF DISCRIMINATION AND
WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING.

3. Development
of specific
antivirals
HIV led to increased research into
and their treatments.
These include reverse transcription inhibitors
and protease inhibitors.
This has helped increase understanding of
how viruses work and how to inhibit them,
information that can help in new viral
pandemics.

4. Development of long term treatments and preventatives.
Education has helped play a role in stopping
the spread of HIV, which is spread through
bodily fluids.
Long term treatments have decreased the
number of cases that progress to AIDs.
Preventative measures such as Pre –
prophylactics have also helped decrease the
mortality of this virus.

5. THE EMERGENCE OF HIV LED TO
DISCRIMINATION AS IT WAS FIRST
ASSOCIATED WITH GAY MEN AND DRUG
USERS.
INITIALLY, IT WAS CALLED GRID, AND VERY
LITTLE FUNDING WAS GIVEN TO THIS
EPIDEMIC VIRUS, DUE TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC
OF PEOPLE INFECTED.
NOW THE WHO AND UN CONDEMN THIS
BEHAVIOUR, AND DO NOT TOLERATE ANY
FORM OF DISCRIMINATION.
Dealing with discrimination