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In January the Government of Fiji declared an HIV outbreak in response to the sharp increase in new diagnoses. Although its HIV Surge Strategy seeks to rapidly expand HIV testing and treatment, most ...
The World Health Organization has recommended the use of injectable lenacapavir (LEN) twice a year as an additional ...
Fiji now has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic. A UNAIDS report titled 2025 Global AIDS Update, AIDS, Crisis and the ...
Serious concerns continue to mount over the impact of HIV in Fiji, as eight children were among the 126 people who died from HIV-related illnesses last year. The grim figures were shared by UNAIDS ...
"The response here in Fiji is about 15 years behind what is needed. We're still not getting testing done within a shorter ...
As Fiji grapples with a growing HIV outbreak driven by a methamphetamine crisis, an expert warns the country could become a ...
We have all the risk factors in all the countries that could be another possible crisis like what's happening in Fiji," says Renata Ram, whose work covers 14 Pacific Islands countries. She says ...
Australian and New Zealand aid and support will be crucial in containing Fiji’s serious HIV outbreak – including combating the drug trade that is fuelling it.
The spread of HIV is increasing in Fiji, with some experts calling it the 'ticking timebomb' of the Pacific. Fiji has the second fastest growing epidemic in the Asia Pacific behind the Philippines ...
Fiji is not immediately affected by US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization and a threatened defunding of HIV treatment programs around the world.
Fiji's Minister of health declared an official HIV outbreak in January, citing 1,093 new cases from January to September 2024 – triple the number from the same period in 2023.