May 16, 2019 Last year Aotearoa New Zealand became one of the first countries in the world to publicly fund the HIV prevention drug called pre-exposure prophylaxis or “PrEP”. We desperately needed that decision – it followed our worst ever year of the HIV epidemic, with 244 new diagnoses. PrEP virtually eliminates the risk of ... Read More
Community Group POWA (Positive Organisation Western Australia) are inviting everyone to attend the International AIDS Candlelight memorial on Sunday 19th May. The Perth edition of the global event will be held at 5:30pm on Sunday the 19th of May at the AIDS Memorial in Robertson Park, on the corner of Fitzgerald and Stuart Streets. Hot ... Read More
April 20, 2019 The number of new HIV cases in NSW has dropped to their lowest level since 1984, but NSW Health would not say whether it will hit its target of “virtually” eliminating the disease by 2020. In 2018, 278 people had a newly diagnosed HIV infection, which was 17 per cent lower than ... Read More
April 15, 2019 THE number of cases of HIV in the NT has nearly doubled in the last financial year — increasing from nine cases in the third quarter of 2017 to 16 in the third quarter of 2018, shows recently released data. The NT Disease Control Bulletin shows the ... Read More
18th Nov 2018 12:00 AM WITH almost half of all people diagnosed with HIV in the late stage of infection, NSW Health is marking HIV Awareness Week by urging those at risk to be regularly tested. During HIV Awareness Week (November 23-30) and in the lead up to World AIDS Day on December 1, NSW ... Read More
3rd December 2018 A new single-dose, two-drug regimen to treat HIV, dolutegravir and rilpivirine, is to be listed on the PBS. The 1 December listing will substantially reduce the cost of the drugs for patients, which currently retail at $10,800 a year. The step comes as the Federal Government launches Australia’s eighth national HIV strategy, which aims to virtually ... Read More
