{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/699de8c943ceb0105d75249c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Drugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/1771956250486-73c46f85-1bff-44ae-b386-18bbaaee0f30.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Drugs and gangs have created an explosion in HIV cases in Fiji.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>The result is that an island paradise is now home to the fastest-growing HIV epidemic on earth.</p><p><br></p><p>Read Sarah’s dispatch from Fiji:</p><p>The island paradise with the world’s fastest growing HIV epidemic</p><p><a href=\"https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/fiji-island-paradise-with-the-worlds-fastest-growing-HIV-epidemic/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/fiji-island-paradise-with-the-worlds-fastest-growing-HIV-epidemic/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Sophie O'Sullivan</p><p>Executive Producer: Louisa Wells</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p><br></p><p>► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</p><p><br></p><p>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</p><p><br></p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk</p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p>@ascottgeddes</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}