Fiji declares national HIV emergency as Pacific nation grapples with surge in cases

<p>Government estimates that one in 60 adults in Fiji now living with HIV, as escalating use of methamphetamine fuels ‘epidemic’</p><p>Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency amid a spike in infections as the Pacific nation grapples with a correlating rise in methamphetamine use.</p><p>The country’s health and medical services minister, Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu, said <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1386991873016868">in a statement</a> on social media that an outbreak-level response was no longer sufficient to address what he described an “epidemic”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/fiji-declares-national-hiv-emergency-infections-surge-health">Continue reading...</a>