NEWS BRIEFING: Australian HIV diagnoses trending down despite 2023 increase

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**BRIEFING RECORDING AVAILABLE** Over the last decade, HIV diagnoses in Australia have continued to follow a downward trend despite an increase in 2023, according to new data from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney. Kirby experts say overall HIV diagnoses have reduced by a third over the last decade, and diagnoses have dropped by almost two-thirds among Australian-born gay and bisexual men. In 2023, 722 new HIV diagnoses were reported, up from 553 in 2022, but this was still a lower number of annual cases compared to pre-pandemic levels, the experts say. However, in the past 10 years, diagnoses have increased slightly among people living with HIV acquired through heterosexual sex and among people born overseas. The data also show HIV diagnoses among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have remained stable. Join us for this online briefing to hear from the experts and ask them questions. We'll also be joined for the Q&A by representatives of people living with HIV.