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
How much do you trust the people you’re with to tell you the truth about their sexual health?Jenny Brockie speaks to people with HIV, and they discuss what it’s like to date and love in 2019. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1461128260002
1st April 2019 SBS Insight EXPERT COMMENT: Doctors in far North QLD are fighting the greatest Australian HIV epidemic since the AIDS crisis, and until now they’ve been largely doing it alone. The first recorded case of HIV in Australia was in Sydney in October 1982, and the first Australian death from ... Read More
March 25, 2019 About 19,000 Australians have taken advantage of anti-HIV drugs in the first two years of groundbreaking PrEP regimen being subsidised via the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Researchers point to the increasing number of HIV-positive Australians starting early antiretroviral treatment to prevent its development and spread. The latest surveillance ... Read More
10 March 2019 By Brett Lackey Data shows Northern Territory has much higher STI rate than rest of the country Territory Health minister has written to federal government about the problem Federal government said it has already pledge nearly $40 million to the issue The rate of sexually transmitted infections is staggeringly higher in the ... Read More
Rates of HIV infection in Australia’s Indigenous communities remain stubbornly high, even as they drop across the population. New figures released today show that in 2017 Australia had its lowest number of new diagnoses in seven years. But researchers say the disparity may be addressed by making treatments and preventative measures more accessible. By Sarah ... Read More
