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Recent News on Thailand from the Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report

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Selected Web Sites and Organizations

AIDS Portal
The page includes information for people working on HIV/AIDS-related issues in Thailand. It also has links to documents and events.

Aidsthai.org
An overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in selected countries, description of the Global AIDS Program response, and contacts and links

AVERT HIV/AIDS
The page includes information about HIV transmission routes and treatment in Thailand.

Canadian International Development Agency
This page describes CIDA's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Thailand.

CDC Global AIDS Program: Thailand
An overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in selected countries, description of the Global AIDS Program response, and contacts and links.

CIA World Fact Book Country Profile
This page includes general health, developmental, geographic, demographic, governmental and economic information in Thailand

Duang Prateep Foundation
A Bangkok-based NGO working to help Bangkok slum dwellers and poor communities throughout Thailand. The foundation also has an HIV/AIDS control program.

Enhancing Care Initiative - Thai AIDS Care Team
Currently the Thai AIDS Care Team is collaborating with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization and the National AIDS Program of Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on a project to document ideal practices for HIV and AIDS care.

Family Health International's HIV/AIDS Program in Thailand
In 2002 USAID funded FHI's expanded efforts in Thailand to provide care and support for those infected with HIV and to prevent HIV transmission among vulnerable populations, including hill tribes and mobile/migrant groups at border areas.

The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria - Portfolio of Grants in Thailand
The site provides a brief description of the national epidemic and details of TB projects supported by the fund.

HIVInsite's Country Profile
Web site features a database that contains information from 72 key indicators in such areas as HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health, mortality.

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
The site provides information about HIV/AIDS in Thailand and details about the organization and its programs.

Population and Community Development Association
This nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization serving Thailand's rural poor includes an HIV/AIDS Prevention program.

Rejoice Urban Development Project
Based in Northern Thailand, RUDP addresses the diverse array of medical and social needs demonstrated by the people infected with or effected by HIV/AIDS.

Thai Plus
The site provides information and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in Thailand. 

UNAIDS Country Profile
This site provides a brief summary of national socioeconomic conditions in the context of the HIV epidemic, and information on UNAIDS' country-level activities.

UNDP in Thailand
This page outlines the HIV/AIDS situation in Thailand and includes links to some of UNDP's HIV/AIDS prevention projects in the country.

USAID Country Profile
Since it closed its Mission in 1997, USAID has worked through Thai institutions and experts to train regional staff in HIV/AIDS prevention. Those NGOs are listed here.

WHO Country Page
The profile features selected indicators, disease outbreaks and vital statistics.

WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia HIV/AIDS Page
This Web site includes information on HIV/AIDS in the region, related resources, event listings and relevant publications.

You and AIDS Portal
This page serves as the HIV/AIDS portal for the Asia-Pacific region. This page provides an overview of Thailand's HIV/AIDS situation.

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Key Reports and Data Sources

EarthTrends Country Profile
This profile features selected indicators, trends and vital statistics.

Globalis
Globalis provides data on numerous health issues, including HIV/AIDS data.  The project is a collaboration among the Norwegian U.N. Association, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, UNU/Global Virtual University, the University College of Hedmark and the INTIS schools and is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.

UNICEF Country Tables
This page includes population, mortality, general, reproductive health and education statistics.

Bristol, N. Mechai Viravaidya: Thailand's "Condom King."Lancet, January 2008.
The article profiles Viravaidya's efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in the country.

Knodel, J. Poverty and the Impact of AIDS on Older Persons: Evidence from Cambodia and Thailand.Economic Development and Cultural Change, January 2008. 
The study compares the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the elderly in Cambodia and Thailand.

UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2007
The report finds that global HIV/AIDS prevalence is stabilizing and that the number of new HIV cases is decreasing worldwide.

Cawthorne, P. et al. Access to Drugs: The Case of Abbott in Thailand. Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2007. 
The article examines Abbott Laboratories' decision to withhold medicines from Thailand as a result of compulsory licensing issues.

Wilson, D. et al. HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment in Two Prisons in Thailand. PLoS Medicine, June 2007. 
The article examines the experience of providing high-risk populations with HIV prevention and treatment.

HIV Prevalence Among Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men -- Thailand, 2003 and 2005. MMWR, August 2006.
The study documents the prevalence and risk factors among populations of men who have sex with men.

UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.  May 2006.
This report reviews progress made toward meeting targets set at the 2001 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS.  Country data for Thailand is available in the annexes. 

AIDS Epidemic in Asia.  UNAIDS/WHO, December 2005.
This report examines the state of the epidemic in Asia, including Thailand.

A Scaled-Up Response to AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS, July 2005. Adobe Acrobat
This UNAIDS report says that low rates of condom use, limited access to HIV testing, widespread injection drug use, commercial sex work and gender inequality in the region are contributing to the spread of HIV.

amfAR Special Report: AIDS in Asia.  July, 2004.
The report provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia and progress made in the fight against the disease. The page also includes a related article on Thailand.

UNAIDS Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Thailand: 2004 Update pdf
This report provides HIV/AIDS prevalence and incidence statistics and a discussion of knowledge and behaviors related to HIV transmission.

The War on Drugs, HIV/AIDS, and Violations of Human Rights in Thailand. Human Rights Watch, July 2004.
The report examines how the war on drugs affects drug users' ability to seek and gain access to HIV/AIDS services.

de Sam Lazaro, Fred. HIV/AIDS in Thailand. June 2004.
This Kaiser Family Foundation Webcast examines the fight against HIV/AIDS in Thailand and includes interviews with individuals leading the efforts against the disease in the country.

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HIV/AIDS in Thailand

65,068,149: population of Thailand (2007 est.)

600,000: Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2007

1.4%: Estimated percentage of adults (ages 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2007

42%: Estimated percentage of HIV cases that occured among women (ages 15-49) by the end of 2007

14,000: Estimated number of children (ages 0-15) living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2007

31,000: Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS during 2007

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