An official at Samoa's Ministry of Health says he is not surprised by the 25 percent rise in the number of people with HIV/Aids.
Two men and one woman have been diagnosed with the disease, increasing the number to fifteen of those who have contracted the disease since the first case in the 1990s.
The last HIV/aids cases were reported five years ago.
A two day workshop is being held to educate young people about the disease.
The Assistant Chief Executive Officer responsible for health promotion and preventative services at the Ministry of Health, Andrew Peteru, says with the high rates of sexually transmitted diseases in Samoa, this latest rise is to be expected.
"We do have high rates of sexually transmitted infections particularly chlamidia so we are reviewing our own plans and policies to prepare for this, continuing the awareness, the education, whatever strategies for the early ages of young people becoming sexually active."
Andrew Peteru of the Ministry of Health in Samoa
