The World Health Organisation (WHO) in the Western Pacific region has raised alarms about the “sharp increases” in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the Philippines, Fiji and Papua New Guinea in recent years, “with implications for national and regional security”.
At Wednesday’s meeting in Fiji that brought together ministers of health from the 38 countries and areas in the Western Pacific Region, as well as civil society and development partners, the WHO and UNAIDS Asia-Pacific convened to confront the region’s HIV crisis amid growing national epidemics and seek solutions to accelerate progress on HIV prevention.
