Drugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic

Drugs and gangs have created an explosion in HIV cases in Fiji.


This week on Battle Lines: Global Health Security, Arthur
Scott-Geddes is joined by Sarah Newey, The Telegraph’s
correspondent in Bangkok who recently travelled to Fiji, and Dr
Jason Mitchell, the head of the country’s HIV task force.


On the archipelago known as the gateway to the Pacific, Chinese
triads, Mexican cartels, and Australian biker gangs are all
involved in a booming methamphetamine trade.


The result is that an island paradise is now home to the
fastest-growing HIV epidemic on earth.


Read Sarah’s dispatch from Fiji:


The island paradise with the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/fiji-island-paradise-with-the-worlds-fastest-growing-HIV-epidemic/


Producer: Sophie O'Sullivan


Executive Producer: Louisa Wells


Studio Operator: Meghan Searle


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