UNAIDS
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Fiji mourns former president Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, champion of rights-based HIV response in the Pacific
Longtime Pacific HIV advocate and former Fiji leader Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is remembered for turning talk into action—bridging governance and community to advance dignity and rights for people living with HIV. His decades-long work touched laws, policy, and everyday lives, leaving a lasting blueprint for an inclusive, people-centered response across the region.
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UNAIDS honors Ratu Epeli Nailatikau as a catalyst for the Pacific’s community-led HIV response
A Pacific leader is being remembered for turning dignity, inclusion, and the fight against HIV into a force for change across the region. His push for community-led action and rights-based approaches helped reshape policy and attitudes, leaving a lasting blueprint for ending AIDS in the Pacific.