Fiji’s HIV crisis is a syringe crisis and the fix is sitting on a pharmacy shelf

By Uate Tamanikaiyaroi, Fiji. In January 2025, Fiji’s Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu declared a national HIV outbreak. New case notifications rose twelve-fold in seven years, from 131 in 2018 to 1,583 in 2024. Modelled estimates put the real number of people living with HIV in Fiji at about 6,100. This means more [...] The post Fiji’s HIV crisis is a syringe crisis and the fix is sitting on a pharmacy shelf first appeared on Samoa Global News .
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