[1] TASO was started in 1987 by a group of medical workers who had witnessed how badly patients showing signs of Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were being treated in the wards of the Mulago Hospital in Kampala.

[6]: page ii  By 2008, TASO had grown into one of the largest indigenous HIV and AIDS services organisation in Uganda.

[9][2]: page 63  Following the example of Philly Lutaaya, clients who were gifted in music, dance and drama began performing in local communities to sensitize them on HIV and AIDS.

[10]: page 31  The use of music, dance and drama was replicated in all the TASO Centers and became a major tool for crowd mobilisation and community sensitisation.

[8]: page 164 From October 1999 until 2007,[citation needed] TASO partnered with the National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS to run the Child Survival Project.

Through this partnership, both organisations were able to address issues pertaining to food insecurity within households in rural Uganda, especially in the district of Tororo.