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A survey of 40 countries reveals that 55% of HIV service providers have run out of stock in the past year due to funding cuts. Critical shortages in testing kits and pre-exposure prophylaxis are disrupting care, with experts warning that decades of progress are being reversed as infections rise.
Fiji declared a national HIV emergency in September 2026 as infections surged, with one in 60 adults now living with the virus. The crisis is driven by methamphetamine injection and needle sharing, particularly among youth. While the government plans to expand testing and treatment, legal barriers prevent the distribution of sterile needles, and social stigma continues to deter many from seeking care.
US funding cuts have severely disrupted global HIV prevention efforts, leading to clinic closures, rising infections, and preventable deaths among vulnerable populations in countries like Kenya and Tanzania.
Fiji has declared a national HIV crisis after new diagnoses rose 27% in 2025, reaching 2,016 cases. With one in 60 adults now living with the virus, officials link the surge to rising methamphetamine use and needle sharing. The government is expanding free testing, treatment, and harm-reduction services to address a situation where only 22% of infected individuals receive care.
Fiji has declared a national emergency to tackle a surging HIV epidemic, expanding testing, treatment and prevention efforts and introducing a syringe-and-needle program. About 1 in 60 adults live with HIV, with 2,016 new diagnoses in 2025; only 39% know their status and 22% are on antiretroviral therapy, prompting a multi-year health-system response. UNAIDS welcomed the move, urging urgent action while highlighting the ongoing need to combat stigma and drivers like needle sharing and unsafe sex.
Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after infections rose 12-fold over 15 years, with about 1 in 60 adults living with HIV and 59 babies born with the virus in 2025. Officials link the surge to rising injected drug use and needle sharing, and the government is expanding free testing, clean-needle distribution, and antiretroviral treatment as UNAIDS and WHO urge urgent action.
Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after UNAIDS data show adult HIV prevalence rising to about 1 in 60, with roughly 9,000 people living with HIV in 2025 and an uptick in mother-to-child infections. The surge is driven by methamphetamine use and widespread needle sharing. Authorities are expanding free testing, providing clean needles, and offering antiretroviral treatment as part of a harm-reduction and scale-up effort, warning that the crisis could spread beyond Fiji if not addressed.
Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after a 27% rise in 2025 new diagnoses (2,016 cases), with about 1 in 60 adults living with HIV; 59 babies were born with HIV and 18 died before age one. UNAIDS describes the rise as among the sharpest globally. Transmission is largely sexual, with over 42% linked to injecting drug use. The government will expand free testing, prevention meds, PrEP, and harm‑reduction services, including a needle‑and‑syringe program; discrimination is illegal. Yet only 39% know their status and 22% receive antiretroviral therapy, raising concerns about regional spread if the response falters.
Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency as UNAIDS data show about 1 in 60 adults are infected, with roughly 9,000 people living with HIV in 2025. Infections have surged 12-fold in 15 years. The government is expanding free testing and treatment and will provide clean needles to drug users, but only about 39% know their status and 22% are on antiretroviral therapy, underscoring stigma and gaps in care.
Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after a spike in infections, pledging intensified testing, treatment, and prevention efforts and seeking international support to curb the spread.
Fiji declared a national HIV emergency after HIV prevalence rose to about 1 in 60 adults (up from 1 in 167 five years ago), with 2,016 new diagnoses in 2025. The government expanded testing, free prevention medications, clean needles, and treatment; UNAIDS supports the move, noting Fiji faces one of the world’s sharpest increases in infections. Most transmissions are sexual, with about 42% linked to injecting drug use. The U.S. is exploring technical assistance to strengthen lab capacity, disease surveillance, and outbreak preparedness.
Fiji has formally declared a national health emergency to coordinate response to a surge in HIV infections linked to rising methamphetamine use; authorities say about 1 in 60 adults live with HIV, with 2,060 new diagnoses in 2025 and 1 in 50 HIV among pregnant women, while UNAIDS notes only 39% of the estimated 9,100 people with HIV are aware of their status and 22% are on antiretroviral therapy, prompting plans for needle-syringe programs, expanded prevention, testing and treatment.
Fiji, a Pacific island nation of under a million people, declared a national emergency as HIV infections surged, with more than 2,000 new cases in 2025—about 16 times the 2019 level—and roughly 1 in 60 adults living with HIV; officials say the spike is linked to increased injectable drug use, and UNAIDS called it one of the sharpest increases globally.
Fiji has declared a national HIV emergency after a surge in infections—about 1 in 60 adults—driven largely by methamphetamine use and injecting-drug activity. In 2025 there were roughly 2,060 new HIV diagnoses and 117 HIV-related deaths; newborns are also affected. Only about 39% of people living with HIV know their status and roughly 22% are on treatment. Officials plan to boost testing, expand access to PrEP, and implement a formal needle-and-syringe program to curb transmission while addressing stigma and barriers to care.
Brazil’s HIV stigma remains a barrier to testing and long-term treatment despite free public care and medical advances, with activists like Gareth Thomas and Welton Gabriel pushing education and outreach at the AIDS Conference in Rio to combat discrimination and misinformation and improve uptake of life-saving therapies.