newsGP – Can Australia be the first country to eliminate HIV transmission? – RACGP

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Significant progress has been made, but experts say the country still has a long way to go to meet the 2022 target of virtual elimination.
Increasing PrEP coverage in Australia is a vital step on the road to eliminating HIV transmission in Australia.
Almost 40 million people are currently living with HIV globally, and 2019 saw 1.7 million newly infected people.At a local level, 28,180 people in Australia were estimated to be living with HIV at the end of 2018. There were 833 new notifications…

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