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13 children recorded living with HIV/AIDs last year

13 children recorded living with HIV/AIDs last year

Thirteen children were recorded to be living with HIV/AIDs in the country last year.

According to 2018 statistics by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services, 468 people are living with HIV of which 77% are on treatment.

AIDS related deaths on record are 117.

As of the end of 2018, the Ministry of Health says the 930 cases of HIV/AIDS have been reported since the first diagnosis in 1989.

The parliament Speaker’s Debate will be held tomorrow and it will ask - Is Fiji on track in meeting Sustainable Development Goal 3.3 - By 2030 end the AIDS epidemic ? 

It will be held from 2pm - 3.30pm at the Nahigatoka Village - Community Hall.

The panelists include UNAIDS, Fiji Network for People Living with HIV, Rainbow Pride Fiji, Fiji Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Alliance, the Minister of Health and Opposition member.

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