November 28, 2019 The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) recognises the importance of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week (ATSIHAW) and the 2019 World AIDS Day to draw attention to the increasing impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. In Australia, it has been ... Read More
November 27, 2019 Australia’s bid to be among the first countries in the world to eliminate HIV transmissions will take another leap forward on Wednesday with the listing of groundbreaking new drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt will announce that Dovato, a once-daily, single-tablet, two-drug regimen, will be subsidised ... Read More
November 21, 2019 A new study from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney published today shows that gay and bisexual men who are taking the HIV prevention medication PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) also have significantly lower levels of HIV-related anxiety. HIV transmission anxiety has affected sexual behaviours of gay and bisexual men for more than 30 years, but ... Read More
November 11, 2019 At 1988’s Third National Conference on HIV/AIDS, a group of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) outed themselves as positive. This was undoubtedly a brave action at a time of massive social stigma. Consequently, a national coalition emerged from that group. They decided to establish PLWHA groups across Australia. The Queensland representatives, Reg ... Read More
November 7, 2019 Scientists have discovered a new subtype of HIV with an Australian expert saying there was no cause for alarm. The subtype of the virus was discovered in 2001, but new DNA sequencing technology helped scientists confirm the new strain. The sequence discovery was published on Thursday in the Journal of Acquired Immune ... Read More
November 7, 2019 Transgender women—people born male who identify as women—are the population most at risk for HIV. They are also the most understudied population. “We need to find out who they are, how old they are, where they live, where they work, what’s their lifestyle,” says Dr. Cheryl Holder, an HIV specialist and associate ... Read More
Nov 6, 2019 NSW’s leading HIV organisation, ACON, opposes moves by the NSW Government to follow NSW Labor’s plan announced last week to introduce a Bill to enforce mandatory testing of individuals whose bodily fluids come into contact with frontline workers. In an announcement made today, the Government intends to introduce a scheme that will ... Read More
October 2019 This NAPWHA report is an analysis drawing together several years’ worth of data from the main pharmaceutical industry suppliers of compassionate access antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in Australia and combines this with, for the first time, data from the State and Territory jurisdictions to produce the most accurate estimate ... Read More
SEPTEMBER 16 2019 The signatories to this statement gather for the Australasian HIV & AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences 2019 in Perth – traditional lands of the Noongar Whadjuk peoples, and the 41st New Zealand Sexual Health Conference 2019 in Wellington – traditional lands of the peoples of Ngāti Toa and Taranaki Whānui ki te ... Read More
July 24, 2019 An implant containing an HIV-prevention drug has been trialed in humans, in a step experts have hailed as an exciting development in curtailing infections. Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, with antiretroviral drugs has become a hot topic in recent years, with the drugs shown to substantially reduce the risk of contracting HIV from ... Read More
