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Australia hits global HIV target as diagnoses fall but First Nations gap remains

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The results mean Australia has achieved the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS 95-95-95 targets for the first time.

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While researchers say Australia is edging closer to ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030, they warn progress is not being shared equally. Diagnoses have fallen from 1006 in 2016.

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