With diagnoses and rates of HIV in Aboriginal communities at an all-time high since 1992, this year’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week (ATSIHAW) is more important than ever. The role of ATSIHAW is to promote action and prevention of HIV in communities across Australia. ATSIHAW will be launched in Canberra for its ... Read More
Findings released as part of the University of New South Wales’ Kirby Institute’s annual report on HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs show that the annual rate of new HIV infections among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has doubled over the past five years, while the rate for non-Indigenous Australian-born people has remained stable. The ... Read More
The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) has released a new resource today, HIV and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in 2016, to highlight the risk that HIV could take hold among our people and inform discussion of actions needed to prevent this from happening. The booklet provides an overview of the ... Read More
