| 1988 |
HAI established by Harvard University President Derek Bok, HSPH Dean Harvey Feinberg, and HMS Dean Daniel Tosteson. |
| 1989 |
First meeting of the International Advisory Council. |
| 1990 |
Official Partnership established with Thailand. |
| 1992 |
Official Partnership established with Tanzania. |
| 1994 |
HAI’s vaccine think tank series begins. This annual conference series addresses the challenge of creating HIV vaccines for worldwide use. |
| 1994 |
Research Discovery: Demonstration that HIV-2 is transmitted much less efficiently than HIV-1, causes AIDS less often. |
| 1995 |
Research Discovery: Demonstration that HIV-2 can partially protect against HIV-1 infection, showing for the first time in humans that vaccine protection against HIV-1 may be possible. |
| 1996 |
The Botswana—Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Partnership for HIV Research and Education, a collaborative research and training initiative between the Government of the Republic of Botswana and HAI, is formed. |
| 1998 |
The Enhancing Care Initiative, a five-year initiative funded by Merck and the U.S Health Resources and Services Administration, begins work with multidisciplinary teams of local experts in Brazil, Puerto Rico, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand to enhance the care of people living with HIV and AIDS in resource-scarce countries. |
| 1998 |
The National Institutes of Health's John E. Fogarty Foundation for International Health begins training program for students from developing countries at HAI. |
| 1999 |
Oak Foundation Gives HAI $2.5 million for Southern African Research and Training Program. |
| 2000 |
At the request of the Government of Botswana, the Ministry of Health and HAI established the KITSO AIDS Training Program ("KITSO" means "knowledge" in Setswana) in response to the expanding HIV epidemic and the lack of continuing medical education available to health professionals. |
| 2000 |
Thailand adopts a chemoprophylaxis regimen identified by a Harvard trial as the national standard for AIDS treatment. |
| 2000 |
Official Partnership established with Nigeria. |
| 2000 |
Principle Research Scientist Yichen Lu of HAI and Ruan Li, Director of the Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, established joint laboratories working on AIDS vaccine research and development for China and Africa. |
| 2000 |
"Africa Now!" A Leadership Summit to Define Africa Priorities for AIDS. |
| 2001 |
AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. APIN, led by Professor Phyllis Kanki, seeks to develop major HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention programs in Nigeria. |
| 2001 |
Research Discovery: First infectious molecular clone of HIV-1C from an African isolate. First Simian/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (SHIV) chimera based on HIV-1C of African origin. |
| 2001 |
Brazilian ECI AIDS Care Team presents research to national forum on the state of HIV and AIDS care for women in São Paulo and Santos, Brazil. |
| 2001 |
Launch of KITSO Antiretroviral Therapy Course for Physicians. |
| 2001 |
Dedication of the new Botswana-Harvard HIV Reference Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana, first dedicated HIV research lab in Southern Africa. |
| 2001 |
The BHP initiated a randomized trial in Botswana known as the Mashi Study ("Mashi" means "milk" in Setswana) to evaluate the effects of medication and breastfeeding on mother to infant transmission. |
| 2002 |
HAI’s China Initiative, the first Chinese recipient of an AIDS grant from the US NIH, becomes component of Chinese National AIDS Program. |
| 2002 |
The Tshepo Study ("Tshepo" means "hope" in Setswana) is the first large-scale research study that aims to assess the emergence of drug resistance to and the tolerability of different protease inhibitor sparing highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) regimens. Funded by Secure the Future. |
| 2003 |
First volunteers injected with vaccine in Phase 1 of the Botswana HIV Vaccine Trial. |
| 2003 |
KITSO trains its 1000th health care worker in Botswana. |
| 2004 |
KITSO trains its 3000th health care worker in Botswana. |
| 2004 |
BHP helps in treating more than 11,000 HIV-infected patients in the Botswana national ARV treatment program |
| 2004 |
"AIDS in Asia", a comprehensive AIDS reference book for public health and medical professionals, is published. |
| 2004 |
First Roundtable on "Economic Evaluation of ARV Programs in Southern Africa" is held in KwaZulu-Natal, Sount Africa |
