The escalating global fuel crisis is expected to place increasing pressure on Fiji’s health system, with warnings that it may struggle to operate at full capacity if sustained fuel price rises and fuel-related disruptions continue or worsen amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

Pacific leaders are turning to digital healthcare and artificial intelligence as Non-Communicable Diseases continue to overwhelm health systems across the region.

As Fiji wrestles with a rising HIV outbreak alongside an escalating drug crisis, leaders are increasingly turning to one key message: real solutions must come from the community, not just the policy table.

Fiji’s Public Health Amendment Bill 2026 has sparked a major parliamentary debate, with Opposition MP Premila Kumar supporting the need to modernize the outdated 1935 Public Health Act, but warning that the proposed law gives overly broad powers without enough safeguards.

The Health Ministry says the Blackrock Medical Centre in Votualevu, Nadi, will be temporarily closed to all civilians until further notice.

The Fiji Nursing Association has this afternoon warned that patient care and staff wellbeing at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva are under serious pressure.

Nurses are calling for clearer pathways for returning nurses as part of the review of the Nursing Act.

The regions’s first ever biplane cardiac cath lab was officially opened at the Sai Prema Children’s Hospital.

Fiji is intensifying its fight against HIV with a bold shift toward a compassion-first approach, placing dignity, respect, and lived experience at the centre of its national response.

The Minister for Health & Medical Services, Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu, acknowledged the support of key development partners following the completion of renovation works at the Navunikabi Nursing Station in Namosi.

Former Deputy Secretary of Public Health Dr Josefa Koroivueta testified that concerns were raised of unethical bias regarding medical equipment procurements in 2011.

Fiji is moving closer to introducing needle and syringe programs as part of a broader effort to reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs, but health officials say the initiative is still in its early stages and requires strong policy and system support before rollout.