Skip to content
An Initiative of AVAC
Search
Back to Data by Country

Country Overview:
Australia

Global PrEP Tracker
Last Updated: 19 September 2023

Drug Registration Status

Approved
Not
Approved
Under
Review
Data not
available
Gilead's Truvada (TDF/xTC*) Registration
Approved 2016 2016
Generic versions of TDF/xTC* for prevention
Approved N/A N/A
ViiV's Apretude (CAB for PrEP) Registration
Approved 2022 2022
IPM's Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Registration
Not Approved
Oral F/TAF (Descovy) Registration
Approved 2021 2021
* TDF/xTC refers to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and either emtricitabine (FTC) or lamivudine (3TC)

Research, Demonstration and Implementation

Oral PrEP

7 Completed Projects

Dapivirine Vaginal Ring

N/A Planned/Ongoing Projects

Injectable PrEP

1 Planned/Ongoing Projects

Policy Frameworks

Australia National PrEP Guidelines, 2021

Eighth National HIV Strategy, 2018-2022

Est. Cumulative
Initiations:

Total PrEP: 62,632

Oral PrEP: 62,632

Dapivirine Vaginal Ring: N/A

Injectable PrEP: N/A

Where To Access PrEP in Australia:

PAN PrEPaccessNOW

PrEPMap

HIV Care Now

Featured Resources

External Link

Efficacy and Acceptability of ‘Nudges’ Aimed at Promoting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use: A survey of overseas born men who have sex with men

This article from Sexual Health discusses the preferences of overseas-born gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Australia for different behavioural nudges and the effect of nudges on reported likelihood of seeking information about PrEP.
External Link

Discontinuation of Government Subsidized HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Australia: A whole-of-population analysis of dispensing records

This article from the Journal of the International AIDS Society examines the impact of discontinuation on overall PrEP usage, the proportion of PrEP users who discontinue and the predictors of discontinuation in Australia.
External Link

The Effect of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on Negotiating Casual Sex between Gay Men: Disclosure, assumptions, and communication

This article from Sexual Health explores the disclosure of PrEP use, HIV status and communication with sex partners by HIV-negative gay men in Sydney, Australia.
External Link

Characterizing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV PrEP care: A review and synthesis of the literature

This review from the journal AIDS and Behavior provides an examination of the influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on engagement in the PrEP care continuum, and looks at the barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake during this time.
View All Resources