Australia reaches a major milestone in the effort to end AIDS
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Australia reaches a major milestone in the effort to end AIDS

Australia has hit the global 95-95-95 HIV targets four years ahead of schedule, joining a small group of countries including the UK and Kenya.

Australia has joined a small group of nations in reaching a turning point in the effort to end AIDS, although the benefits are still not shared equally across communities.

The Long Sip
What happened

Australia has achieved the UNAIDS 95-95-95 HIV targets four years ahead of the 2030 deadline, according to preliminary data presented at a Melbourne conference.

The detail

The targets require 95 per cent of people with HIV to know their status, 95 per cent of those to be on treatment, and 95 per cent of those to have undetectable virus levels.

What it means

New HIV diagnoses in Australia fell 25 per cent between 2016 and 2025, though researchers warn the benefits are not yet shared equally across all communities.

For you

Australia recorded 753 new HIV infections in 2025, a 25 per cent drop since 2016, but researchers note progress is still uneven across communities.

Full story at The Saturday Paper

What readers are saying

BelmontArnoldk
Australia reached these targets early. Why is the infection rate for Indigenous Australians still twice the national average. This needs more explanation.
ange70
good to see the 95-95-95 targets hit early but that funding cut to the us aid programs is a shocker. losing the us agency for international development is going to hit places like fiji hard when they are already seeing cases go up.

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