In a world-first study, treatment of a whole community with ivermectin has been shown to virtually eliminate scabies, reducing prevalence by 94 per cent and providing new hope in the fight to control this debilitating disease. The

WHO updates HIV treatment guidelines based on groundbreaking UNSW research. International study finds a lower daily dose of antiretroviral medication is safe with fewer side effects. Research funded by a $13.5 million grant ...

(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1 December 2015) New South Wales will host a landmark clinical trial, led by researchers from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia, designed to reduce new HIV infections to half the present rate within two years ...

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed the Hon. Michael Kirby, who is Patron of the Kirby Institute, to a high level panel on access to medicines. He joins fifteen other eminent and well-regarded members, which ...

The Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia has been awarded over AUD $4.5 million by the United States National Institute of Health to conduct the largest international study of newly available, directly acting antiviral drugs for recently ...

With a success rate far above the national and state averages, the Kirby Institute has been awarded $7.55 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants. The grants scheme awards a total of ...

Sydney, Australia (11 November 2015)– Results of a national survey of gay men’s relationships suggest that their partnerships are highly varied and far more complex than just whether they are monogamous or not. Released today by the ...

Researchers at UNSW’s Kirby Institute in Sydney and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, together with scientific collaborators from 22 institutions around the world today announced a joint initiative to ...

This story is written by Bridget Haire, a lecturer in ethics, HIV prevention, at the Kirby Institute UNSW. A pill a day can prevent HIV, but there’s no guarantee Australians will get access to this intervention anytime soon.

Treatment for hepatitis C among people who use drugs is feasible and cost-effective and hepatitis C screening, linkage to care and treatment need to be scaled up, according to new recommendations for the management of hepatitis ...

Scientists are now better able to predict how quickly the HIV virus will return after individuals stop treatment following a discovery by researchers at UNSW Australia and the University of Oxford. The significant development, ...

The Kirby Institute is pleased to announce the election of three of our celebrated leaders to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). Scientia Professor John Kaldor, Professor Anthony Kelleher and Professor ...

Experts call for immediate access to new generation therapies for hepatitis C (Sydney, Wednesday 7 October 2015) Treating hepatitis C in people who inject drugs is the most cost effective way to address the sharp increase in liver ...

The World Health Organization has launched new guidelines for the treatment and prevention of HIV which reflect conclusive evidence from studies conducted by leading HIV research organisations, including the Kirby Institute at UNSW ...

Professor Lisa Maher, Head of the Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the Kirby Institute has been elected as one of thirty new fellows to the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA). Professor Maher is ...

Researchers have successfully tested a new drug that activates hidden reservoirs of HIV cells in individuals on antiretroviral therapy, one of the first steps to eradicating the virus and eventually finding a cure. The study, led ...

Gay and bisexual men test for HIV more often when rapid tests are available at clinics according to a new study from the Kirby Institute at UNSW, presented today at the World HIV and STI 2015 Congress and Australasian HIV and AIDS ...

Australia is close to achieving global targets for the testing and treatment of HIV, but more needs to be done to identify and treat infections early, according to a new report by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Australia, released today ...