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A new report on HIV in Fiji is recommending the set-up of a needle syringe program, to provide sterile needles, as soon as possible.
The report was commissioned by WHO and UNDP, and included information from interviews with 56 people who inject drugs and five talanoas with 50 key informants representing civil society, health care workers, government ministries, law enforcement agencies, and faith-based organisations.
Fiji declared an outbreak of HIV in January, and the UN Development Programme delivered 3000 antiretroviral drugs to Fiji to support the HIV response.
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