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Decline in new HIV diagnoses among MSM in Melbourne
There have been two key successful major biomedical interventions to prevent HIV transmission over the past decade: treatment as prevention (TasP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Here we report the number of new HIV diagnoses among Australian-born men who have sex with men (MSM) attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in Australia between 2009 and 2017.
Is Truvada (PrEP) the game-changer that will end new HIV transmissions in Australia?
This step forward takes Australia much closer to achieving its pledge, made in 2014, to end new HIV transmissions by 2020. What is prep and how does it work? PrEP is the most powerful prevention tool currently available for people at risk of HIV infection. In people with high adherence to PrEP medication, it reduces the risk of acquiring HIV by 99%.
Is Truvada (PrEP) the game-changer that will end new HIV transmissions in Australia?
On Sunday, April 1, Australia will join only a handful of other countries in the world whose governments have made HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) readily available to populations at risk of HIV infection. This step forward takes Australia much closer to achieving its pledge, made in 2014, to end new HIV transmissions by 2020. PrEP is the most powerful prevention tool currently available for people at risk of HIV infection.
Weekly Dose: Truvada, the drug that can prevent HIV infection
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is the administration of antiviral drugs to a person not infected with HIV to prevent infection. The only licensed version of PrEP is a daily oral tablet called Truvada®, which contains a combination of two antiretroviral drugs: tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (300mg) and emtricitabine (200mg). Other strategies for delivery are being developed, including injections and topical applications with vaginal rings or gels.
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Australia has seen a notable rise in HIV infections over the last 12 months, say researchers at the University of New South Wales. The 2012 HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report found there was an increase of almost 100 cases in the past year, a rise of 8%, after cases of infection had been stable over the previous four years.
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