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Fiji Declares HIV Emergency | Lafayette Louisiana News
Fiji has declared a national emergency over its soaring HIV crisis, with one in every sixty adults now living with the virus — up from one in 167 just five years ago. New infections have surged twelvefold in fifteen years, and alarmingly, one in fifty pregnant women are infected. Officials blame rising methamphetamine use linked to drug trafficking across the Pacific, turning these islands into hotspots for transmission. After initially declaring an outbreak in January, the cabinet escalated it to a full emergency to mobilize all government agencies. This stark warning underscores how small…
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