'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases

SUVA, Fiji — As evening falls in Fiji’s capital, a steady stream of people approaches a makeshift clinic that is a first line of defense against one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics. In the South Pacific nation — a popular tourist destination of just under a million people — there were over 2,000 new HIV cases recorded last year, a 26 percent increase from 2024. The government has declared an HIV outbreak and described it as a national crisis. “It’s spreading like wildfire,” Siteri Dinawai, 46, who came to be tested, told AFP. READ: WHO: PH must address rising […]... Keep on reading: 'Spreading like wildfire': Fiji grapples with soaring HIV cases

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