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       Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases
       surge Sep 18, 2026
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: September 18, 2026, 2:52 am
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       Fiji declares an HIV emergency and expands testing as cases
       surge
       Sep 18, 2026
       WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji has declared an HIV national
       emergency after data showed one in 60 people in the South
       Pacific island nation was estimated to be infected.
       The government says it is boosting testing and treatment efforts
       to fight a surge in new infections, which have increased 12-fold
       over the last 15 years, according to the Joint United Nations
       Program on HIV and AIDS ( UNAIDS ). However, agencies now had to
       work together on the crisis, officials said this week.
       The latest figures showed about 9,000 people were living with
       HIV in 2025 in a country which has fewer than a million people,
       according to the U.N. agency. It said only 39% of patients knew
       their HIV status and just 22% were receiving antiretroviral
       treatment.
       Fiji officials said one in every 60 adults in the country has
       HIV, compared with one in 167 five years ago. Among pregnant
       women, one in every 50 has HIV.
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       “This means HIV is now a national crisis and the government is
       treating it like one. No more business as usual,” Fiji’s Health
       Minister Antonio Lalabalavu said in a video statement on
       Facebook. “More people in Fiji are living with HIV than ever
       before.”
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