World AIDS Day, held on 1 December each year, aims to encourage Australians to educate themselves and others about HIV, take action to reduce the transmission of HIV by promoting prevention strategies, and ensure that people living with HIV can pa
Professor Carla Treloar, Director of CSRH and graduate of the University of Newcastle (UON), was invited to give the occasional address at the graduating ceremony of the Faculty of Health and Medicine, UON in late September this year.
Latest report by UNSW’s Centre for Social Research in Health shows increasing use of HIV medications to prevent the spread of HIV by gay and bisexual men.
Today the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) mourns the loss of a long term collaborator and advocate for the rights of people living with HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs in Australia and the region.
Tens of thousands of Australians have been cured of Hepatitis C since new treatments were made universally available last year, and a report released last month said Australia is on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2026.
CSRH hosted a one-month visit by Dr Purnima Mane, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Pathfinder International, during February and early March 2017.
In many European countries, HIV testing efforts are insufficient to identify new HIV infections early enough, leaving substantial proportions of HIV positive people unaware of their infection.
