Australia The Numbers

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TOTAL POPULATION

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TOTAL POPULATION (7)

MIGRANT POPULATION

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TOTAL POPULATIONS OF MIGRANTS
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PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RESIDENT POPULATION

TOP 5 AFRICAN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN (8)

  • South Africa: 183,370
  • Zimbabwe: 38.843
  • Egypt: 45.352
  • Sudan: 23.989
  • Kenya: 17.850
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HIV AND MIGRATION

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HIV prevalence and incidence among migrants and ABD
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HIV PREVALENCE AMONG THOSE BORN IN SAHARAN AFRICA (9)
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NEWLY DIAGNOSED CASES in 2015 (10)

OF THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED CASES IN 2015 (10)

68%

68% of transmissions occurred among man who have sex with men

5%

5% of transmissions were attributed to either male-to-male sex or injection drug use

20%

20% of transmissions were attributed to heterosexual sex

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23% diagnosed HIV positive from countries where HIV is endemic

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16% diagnosed HIV positive where partner was from HIV endemic country

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3% of all transmission were attributed to injection drug use

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The mode of transmission was undetermined for 4% of transmissions.

TOTAL HIV NUMBERS

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TOTAL NUMBER OF HIV CASES DIAGNOSED SINCE 1982 (10)
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE RETAINED IN CARE (11)
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED OF HIV (11)
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON ANTI-RETROVIRAL THERAPHY (11)
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE UNWARE OF HIV-POSITIVE STATUS (10)
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TOTAL NUMBER WITH UNDETECTABLE VIRAL LOAD (11)
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TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE LINKED TO HIV CARE

KEY POPULATIONS

Sex Worker

  • There are about 20,000 sex workers in Australia.13
  • In 2016, The Australian Institute of Criminology and the Scarlet Alliance (Australian Sex Workers Association) surveyed 594 sex workers across Australia, 412 of whom were migrants. Most were female, with only 17 male and eight transgender respondents.13
  • Of the identified migrant survey population, 44 percent indicated they were born in Thailand, 26 percent in China, nine percent in South Korea and five percent in New Zealand. Thai, Chinese and Korean-speaking migrants were specifically targeted for survey collection).
  • 16% of those surveyed were born in a country other than Thailand, China, Korea and New Zealand. This includes people born in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

HIV DIAGNOSES AMONG MIGRANTS

  • While the majority of HIV diagnoses in Australia are among Australian residents, and primarily amongst gay men, in some jurisdictions such as Western Australia, HIV among internationally mobile communities comprises more than 50% of new diagnoses.5

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PROPORTION OF KEY POPULATIONS THAT ARE MIGRANTS

The HIV epidemic in Australia is largely in men who have sex with men, with over 2/3 of new transmissions occurring in this population (this rate has remained stable in the past 10 years). Harm reduction strategies among injection drug users have been successful in lowering transmission among this group. The rate of maternal transmission in Australia is extremely low as a result of medical interventions. HIV among women involved in sex work is among the lowest in the world in Australia with no new cases reported in 2015. 12

The rate of HIV cases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples, particularly males, has been on the rise in the past 5 years.

This data highlights some of the successes in lowering HIV transmission in Australia, however given that ¼ of HIV transmissions among heterosexuals occur in people who are from countries where HIV Is endemic, more targeted targeted programming, education and health policy changes must be undertaken to provide care and resources for this population..

This web resource has been funded by Core Funding – 2015141   |   Global Fund – 2014097 grants to the Consortium of MSM   |
Transgender Networks by the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund.