# Fiji declares HIV a national crisis as diagnoses surge

https://mins.news/en/item/61952

- Reuters, 2026-09-17 02:40 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/fiji-declares-hiv-national-crisis-diagnoses-surge-2026-09-17/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aab530ca4391a0001267b30

> Fiji has designated HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses rose 27% last year. The increase has heightened concern that an epidemic once largely concentrated among people who inject drugs is spreading more broadly across the Pacific island nation.

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