Recent data by the University of News South Wales’ Kirby Institute shows that HIV infection rates in indigenous communities have risen by 41% between 2013 and 2016.
Despite a 12% decline in non-Indigenous population during the same period,
Dr Haire, a doctoral research fellow, says there are three main factors affecting Indigenous people with HIV: (1) people do not recognize that they’re at risk; (2) not knowing what HIV prevention methods are: and (3) lack of access to health clinics.