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BANGKOK, 30th March 2018 (NNT) - Health officials in Bangkok have met to discuss the situation in regard to HIV/AIDS in the capital city. The meeting, chaired by Deputy Governor of Bangkok Thaweesak Lertprapan, was held at the Asia Hotel in Ratchathewi district. Topics on the agenda included the role of
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Chief of Samut Sakhon public health office disclosed that some sex workers in this province tested positive for HIV and they continue work as usual. After having reported about an HIV-infected sex worker who admitted that she still works in sex trade because she has no other alternative and has to
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Thailand aims to cut the transmission rate of HIV from mother-to-child to less than 1% within the next three years. Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS) secretary-general Phan Wannamethee said yesterday health personnel have been working hard to ensure the country will achieve its goal of ending this form of transmission of
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CONDOMS ARE essential to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), experts said, as the latest studies show that the infection rate is still high among men who have sex with men (MSM) and teenagers due to unsafe sex. On the occasion of World Aids Day tomorrow, it
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BANGKOK — Two HIV/AIDS support groups say a hotel in Bangkok discriminated against their members by denying them service, despite having hosted the groups' events for years. AIDS Access Foundation and Thai Plus Network filed a complaint to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday, urging the commission to investigate the
Read More (2 December) 29% out of 200 samples surveyed by Disease Prevention Control Department have said they do not use condoms when they have sex with people other than their partners. The survey was conducted online during the period of 1-30 November. The sample group answered a number of questions involving HIV/AIDS,
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BANGKOK, 29 September 2013 (NNT) – The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has announced that all Thai canned fruit exported to Brunei Darussalam was not contaminated as accused by Brunei. After Brunei media has presented news, saying Thai canned fruit products are contaminated with HIV, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Agriculture and Cooperatives
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BANGKOK, June 13 - The regular use of AIDS drug 'Tenofovir' can help reduce the risk of HIV infection among injecting drug users, according to research conducted by the Thai government and the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The two agencies, joined by US Ambassador to
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