STRIVE: making a difference for sexual health in remote Aboriginal communities

Abstract

There is an urgency in Australia’s response in addressing the high levels of curable sexually transmissible infections (STIs) that have been present in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for as long as records have been kept. The STRIVE trial in central and northern Australia, although still more than a year from completion, has already made important contributions to understanding what’s required to bring down rates of these infections and their many adverse social and health consequences, particularly for young people.