Study reveals gaps in HIV diagnosis and treatment for migrants

Almost four decades after the discovery of HIV, the once-lethal condition is now manageable and treatable.

Positive HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) blood test results, computer illustration. Source: Science Photo Library RF

New research has shown significant gaps in the rates of HIV diagnosis and treatment for overseas-born gay and bisexual men, leading to calls to end the stigma around the disease.

Australia is currently on track to meet its United Nations AIDS treatment targets.

The aim is

• for at least 90 per cent of people estimated to be living with the virus to know their HIV status,
• to have 90 per cent of those receiving treatment, and
• 90 per cent of those receiving treatment experiencing viral suppression.  

But researchers became concerned Australia was not seeing an expected significant decline in new infections.

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