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HIV/AIDS Timeline
1990
This year's AIDS News from the New York Times 
April 9. Ryan White, a United Methodist, dies of AIDS at age 18 in Indianapolis.
December 1. World AIDS Day Theme: "Women and AIDS"
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February. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #11 Children and HIV Infection on Giving Children, Families and the Future a Chance by Cathie Lyons
February 12-14. About forty people participate in a conference "AIDS and the Role of the Church" in Kinshasa, Zaire. The conference, conducted entirely in French, is a cooperative effort between The United Methodist Church of Zaire and Health and Welfare Ministries, GBGM. In addition to focusing on care for persons and families living with AIDS, the participants discussed the church's role in prevention and education.
April. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #12 Basic Information on AIDS/HIV Infection and Related Illnesses by Cathie Lyons
December. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #13 AIDS and the Power of God's Goodness and Grace (Memorials for Terry Boyd and John Michael Mundy)
December. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper Focus Paper #14 The Epidemic of HIV Infection in the United States: Some Learnings to Date and Lessons for the Future by Cathie Lyons
December 21. Tim Mutti dies at age 30 of complications related to AIDS. In 1991, his parents Fritz and Etta Mae Mutti establish the Mutti AIDS Fund and his brother Fred also dies of complications from HIV.
This timeline has been prepared by Nancy A. Carter from GBGM resources, her personal archives, the New York Times, the CDC, UNAIDS and other sources. Please send additions and corrections to her at ncarter@gbgm-umc.org.
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