With HIV infections in Australia at a 20-year high, there’s a push to subsidise a daily pill that can stop transmission, but health professionals and the gay community are split over the drug, which some say will encourage risky sexual behaviour and could place a huge burden on the public health purse. Hagar Cohen investigates.

Credits

Reporter: Hagar Cohen

Researcher: Anna Whitfeld

Supervising Producer: Linda McGinness

Sound Engineer: Leila Shunnar

Executive Producer: Chris Bullock