The first foreign victim of AIDS in Taiwan was discovered in 1984; the first local victim, in 1986. AIDS has been present in Taiwan for more than 10 years, and the public has a high degree of awareness of it.
台灣在民國七十三年發現第一個外籍病例；七十五年發現第一個本土病例，愛滋在台灣已有十幾年的歷史，民眾對愛滋也有相當的認識。