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HIV/AIDS Timeline
1995
This year's AIDS News from the New York Times 
An HIV outbreak in Eastern Europe is detected among injecting drug users.
December 1. World AIDS Day Theme: "Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities"
Ecumenical
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides funds to the Balm in Gilead for a pilot study for the Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS in six cities. It is based on the model of the Harlem Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS founded by Pernessa Seele, a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church in New York City and CEO of the Balm in Gilead, an organization dedicated exclusively to empowering churches in the struggle against the devastation of HIV/AIDS in the Black community.
United Methodist
March. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #27 Teenagers, AIDS, and the Church (Part 1) by Diana Hynson
May. Computerized AIDS Ministries (CAM) opens its first web page. One of its members writes to over 1,000 web sites asking them to link to CAM.
June. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #28 Teenagers, AIDS, and the Church (Part 2) by Diana Hynson
December. The HIV/AIDS Ministries Network publishes Focus Paper #29 The Black Church and the AIDS Crisis (Part 1) by Mackie H. Norris
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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