ON WORLD Aids Day, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is urging all govts to do what they can to end the transmission of HIV by 2030.
Pharmacy Guild National President Trent Twomey said barriers must be reduced to accessing and paying for medicines which will lead to the elimination of HIV.
"Today's report by Health Equity Matters marks a watershed moment in our battle to eliminate HIV from our communities once and for all," remarked Twomey.
"We believe Australia can be the first country in the world to eliminate HIV transmission.
"To do this all HIV patients across the country should have treatment medicines provided free of charge, as they do in NSW and Qld.
"The prevention pill PrEP should also be made available without a prescription and be free of charge if we are serious about our mission to eliminate HIV," he explained.
"Pharmacists want to do our part on this journey to eliminating HIV by reducing the barriers for patients."
He said all govts should not lose sight of what's at stake.
"Just imagine, Australia could be on the path to be the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV.
"What an amazing achievement that would be."
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