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WHO and UNAIDS convene partners to explore solutions to the Region’s HIV crisis NADI, Fiji, 22 October 2025 — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific and UNAIDS Asia-Pacific have convened a range of stakeholders here to confront the Region’s HIV crisis amid growing national epidemics. Held during the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific and at the request of the Fiji Ministry… Read More
In 2010, at age 23, Ayu Oktariani learned she was HIV positive. Not only did she lose her husband to AIDS, but during her pregnancy her daughter was infected.
Stigma-free HIV prevention, testing and treatment services required for an effective response SUVA/BANGKOK, 23 January 2025—The Government of Fiji has declared an HIV outbreak in response to a sharp increase in reported newly diagnosed cases during 2024.
NADI, 5 November 2024—Representatives from ten Pacific Island nations, including Fiji, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and Kiribati, convened in Nadi for the UNAIDS Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) and HIV Estimates Workshop. Running from November 4th to 8th, this regional workshop is supported by the Indo-Pacific HIV Partnership and the Australian Government. It aims to enhance national capacities in HIV data collection,… Read More
Strategic, rapid expansion of non-discriminatory prevention, testing and treatment services required SUVA/BANGKOK, 12 March 2024—Available data suggest that the HIV epidemic in Fiji has been growing in recent years. As the country accelerates action to address the situation, the strategy should be evidence-driven, multisectoral and grounded in HIV response best practices. With political will and community leadership, Fiji can ensure that all people in need can safely access services to help them… Read More
NADI, April 28, 2023—This week Pacific Heads of Health were encouraged to jointly address the region’s growing HIV vulnerability through investments in proven prevention, testing, treatment and care approaches. Health Ministry senior advisers learned of rising AIDS-related deaths across the region, along with increasing new infections in Fiji and Papua New Guinea which put the entire Pacific at risk. The challenge calls for bold and coordinated action to scale up prevention for… Read More
Jokapeci Cati is the Program Manager and founder of the Fiji Network for Positive People (FJN+). This is her self-told story of how she became the first person living openly with HIV in Fiji.
SUVA, 14 March 2018: A social media post featuring a man under arrest and being escorted by police because he allegedly contaminated chocolate products with HIV infected blood is being widely circulated. The posting requests people to avoid consuming the chocolate products for some weeks because of the alleged contamination. The postings make reference to a respected media source in an apparent attempt to establish the story’s credibility. The Joint United Nations… Read More
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