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Fiji Faces Urgent Health Emergency as HIV Rates Rise Sharply

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UPDATE - follow-up to Fiji declares HIV a national crisis as diagnoses surge - reuters.com: Fiji has declared a national crisis in response to a sharp rise in HIV diagnoses, driven by an ongoing drug crisis that is fueling the outbreak. One in every 60 people in the country now has the virus. UNAIDS has stepped in to support the nation, offering assistance as officials put new measures in place to strengthen the public health response and control the spread.

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