STI report

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) like gonorrhea is on the rise among Australian young people as well as the ascending rate of HIV diagnoses in Indigenous Australian.

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A new report from Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales showed that in the past five years, there was an increase of 63% in Gonorrhea among young Australian heterosexual men and women age between 15 and 24, where men has infected more them women.

There are also 75% of young Australians who contracted Chlamydia aged in between 15 and 29 years old.

Though hepatitis is on the decline, the report showed an estimate of 227,000 people living with chronic hepatitis C and over 230,000 Australians with chronic hepatitis B.

While Cairns sexual health service, director Dr. Darryn Russell explained that there has been a 33% increase in HIV diagnose among Indigenous Australian through heterosexual  or by injecting drug use. He said that it is because they don't know about it, they do not test it, and if they contracted it, they can spread longer or they only know at the chronic stage which HIV has already progressed.

"More young people who are sexually active use dating apps to find partners and perhaps using dating sites to find more sexual partners." Said Associate Professor Rebeca Guy from the Kirby Institute.

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The Australasian HIV & AIDS conference has endorsed the use of Pr-Exposure Prophlaxis or PReP which is a new HIV prevention that (Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Queer and Intersex-LGBT) has used daily to lower the chance of spreading or contracting HIV.

Therefore, Associate Professor Martin Holt the project leader of the Gay Community Periodic Survey and health experts said that there should be effective prevention strategies in Australia and PReP should be made accessible nationwide and cheaper for everyone.

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