HIV

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A recommendation that the HIV prevention drug PrEP be approved for public subsidy has been hailed as an essential step in Australia's response to HIV.

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PNG's first representative survey of people most at risk for HIV has revealed that one in six sex workers in Port Moresby are HIV positive.

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New data released by the Kirby Centre shows a sharp increase in the diagnosis of gonorrhoea and a widening gap in HIV infection rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. 

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The latest report by UNSW’s Centre for Social Research in Health shows increasing use of HIV medications to prevent the spread of HIV by gay and bisexual men.

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Australia’s annual report card on STIs and blood-borne viruses finds that gonorrhoea has increased by 63% over the past five years.

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Reviews of the global prevalence of injecting drug use and of interventions to prevent the spread of blood-borne viruses among people who inject drugs paint a worrying picture.

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The Kirby Institute has been a key player in NSW’s partnership response to HIV, which has reached a historic milestone. 

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Tens of thousands of Australians have been cured of Hepatitis C since March 2016, writes Greg Dore.

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Research from The Kirby Institute adds to the evidence that effectively treating HIV blocks transmission in couples of differing HIV status.

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UNSW researcher Martin Holt will explore the social impacts of rapid changes in HIV prevention when he delivers a free public lecture on 22 February.

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