Australia has recorded its lowest number of new HIV cases since 2001, with a 23 per cent decline in cases nationally in the past 5 years
Kirby Institute Researcher, Professor Rebecca Guy, says the reduction in cases is due to widespread HIV testing and treatment as well as improved access to PrEP, a daily pill taken to prevent HIV transmission during sex.
Over the past five years, HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual man have reduced by 30 per cent, however the number of new cases among heterosexual and Indigenous Australians have remained largely unchanged.