Australia’s annual report card on HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections

 A new report by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia, was released recently at the World STI and HIV Congress in Brisbane

The report shows that deaths related to chronic hepatitis C virus infection have increased by 146% in ten years and the uptake of treatment remains extremely low. Chlamydia remains the most frequently reported notifiable sexually transmissible infection in Australia with 86,136 diagnoses in 2014. The majority (78%) of cases occurred among 15- to 29-year-olds. The number of newly diagnosed HIV infections in Australia has been stable over the past three years, with 1,081 HIV infections newly diagnosed in 2014.
You can read more and download the report here.