May 10, 2021 03:43:03 PM Sixty per cent of female sex workers in Fiji avoid getting tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) due to the fear of being stigmatised by healthcare providers. This is revealed in a survey carried out by the Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). UNAIDS country director Renata Ram said barriers such as discrimination and punitive laws were some of the ongoing challenges faced by people living with the disease. Ram in a statement said to add to this, the funding landscape of human immunodeficiency viruses in the Pacific is fast declining