The following depicts the modern events concerning HIV/AIDs in Zambia.

1964 - The British colony of Northern Rhodesia becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda as president.

1984 - The first case of AIDS in Zambia is reported. In all probability, HIV has been around in Zambia since the 1970s.

1985 - In Lusaka, 17.5% of hospital patients are found to be HIV-positive; of those in antenatal care, 8.7% have HIV.

1986 - The National AIDS Prevention and Control Programme and National AID1964 – The British colony of Northern Rhodesia

1987 - President Kenneth Kaunda announces to the world that his son, Masuzyo, has died of AIDS. A short-term emergency plan is invoked to ensure safe blood and blood product supplies. Meanwhile, a survey of pregnant women in Lusaka finds that 11.6% have HIV.

1988-92 - The First Medium Term Plan coordinates responses to the epidemic. Frederick Chiluba is elected president in

1990 - The Zambian ANC-based National HIV/STD Sentinel Surveillance System (NSS) is set up. The first attempt is made to survey the national epidemic, though initially only a few sites are included.

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