The Wire

The latest HIV and AIDS statistics from the University of New South Wales show that rates are remaining at a persistent 20 year high across the nation. But the news is worse for Indigenous communities. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are now at greater risk of contracting the virus. The report comes on the same day as the International Indigenous Pre-Conference on HIV and AIDS in Sydney, ahead of the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne next week which will host 14, 000 delegates. The Conference aims to create a unique approach to prevent what health experts warn could become an HIV epidemic.