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Over 99 per cent of men living with HIV in the survey reported being on treatment, and over 97 per cent of those men on treatment have an undetectable viral load.

Brisbane’s iconic Wickham Hotel will once again host the Gay Community Periodic Survey after facing backlash from the LGBTI community for refusing to host the surveys at its venue last year.

Melbourne’s results are in from this year’s Gay Community Periodic Survey.

Stable HIV testing and increased condomless casual sex rates have raised a few concerns for experts, but continued high rates of testing along with reports of very high undetectable viral loads have offered some good news for the state.

Groups responsible for the Gay Community Periodic Survey have cancelled potential plans with the Wickham Hotel to distribute the survey via an unmanned dropbox, citing the method would violate survey protocol and compromise results.

The Wickham Hotel has announced it will offer the Gay Community Periodic Survey via a dropbox option. HIV organisations and academics have welcomed the move but said it was not the “optimum” delivery method and defended the survey’s role in LGBTI-friendly venues.

The Wickham Hotel has refused to allow the annual Gay Community Periodic Survey and COUNT study from being held at the venue. The decision has been labelled “disappointing” and “concerning” by academics running the surveys and the hotel has been urged to reconsider.

A NEW study seeks to identify accurate rates of HIV in Australia’s gay male communities through anonymous testing to pinpoint HIV-positive men unaware of their …