WATCH : Dr Jason Mitchell on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan

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WATCH : Dr Jason Mitchell on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan

By fijivillage

28/09/2025

The Chairman of Fiji National HIV Outbreak Cluster Response Taskforce, Doctor Jason Mitchell appeared on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan.

Fiji now has the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic.

A UNAIDS report titled 2025 Global AIDS Update, AIDS, Crisis and the Power to Transform, states that since 2014, the number of new HIV infections in Fiji has risen ten-fold.

Recent statistics have also revealed a concerning rise in HIV cases in Fiji, with 1,583 new diagnoses recorded between January and December 2024 - and of these, a staggering 90.3 percent are iTaukei which is equivalent to 1,430 individuals.

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