Thailand Case Study

The honesty box tries to bring out hidden facts behind the myths told by various researchers concerning HIV/AIDS.  Some of these myths are based on the data presented which are usually inflated to favor funding and to act as a precautionary measure that AIDS exists everywhere. The book opens the ‘honesty box’ on drawbacks of medical research within the tropics. Pisani tackles highly contentious issues with zest, including the possible public health shortcoming of antiretroviral treatment, in addition to the benefits of mandatory HIV/AIDS testing. The author also presents data to show that if couples living in Thailand were to have further premarital sex, then their men would be the least likely to use commercial sex workers and the

Our second team project answers five questions about Case Study #2, Preventing HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Thailand and Chapter 10, Introduction to Global Health. This project will talk about the characteristics of the high-risk population that permitted this intervention to work and the implications of this for replication in other settings. It will explain why Thailand is a model for programs in other countries. Since cost-effectiveness assessment was never done for this program, it will evaluate the assessments that should have taken into account in terms of costs measured.

In 2010, all countries in the Americas committed to eliminating HIV transmission between mother and child by 2020 4. Three decades after the AIDS epidemic started,

Since then, HIV has gained a larger host population, with most transmissions occurring due to unprotected sex, although a smaller percentage of transmissions occur due to unsafe drug use. Several factors have caused HIV to continue to exist in the population. One factor is stigmatism towards the disease. An article by Ronald Valdiserri (2002) discussed a study done in the 1990s and early 2000s about people’s perception of HIV and HIV screening. The article concluded that about one fifth of the general population either feared individuals with HIV or believed that those who got infected got what they deserved (p. 341-342). This stigmatism has caused individuals to be wary and reluctant to go get tested. Thus infected

1. Comment on the Brazilian and Indian governments’ strategies for the prevention of AIDS via the marketing of condoms.

A study on HIV infections found that accessible sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening, community-directed interventions, sex education and services were the most beneficial (Kessler, Myers, Nucifora, Mensah, Kowalski, Sweeney, Braithwaite, 2013). However these services are not used prominently due to inconvenience, cultural reasons, and distrust towards the programs (Ma, Raymond, Wilson, McFarland, Lu, Ding, Xiao, 2012). These services need to become more community friendly, accessible and safe in order to engage the public (Ma et al., 2012). Governments cannot enforce the usage of these services but early HIV education in schools can be mandated to help eliminate stigmas and encourage usage of these services (Felten, Kok, & Kocken, 2016). Prevention measures work because they target HIV’s modifiable risk factors through education, circumcision, condoms, and a variety of other approaches (Kessler et al., 2013). Adequate prevention measures are needed to prevent negligence and

HIV/AIDS is a public health problem in Liberian urban key population high risk groups. These are Men having Sex with Men (MSM), Female Commercial Sex Workers (FCSW) and Injectable Drug Users (IDU), having prevalence rates of 19.8%, 9.8% and 5% respectively (NAC, 2014). This paper tries to show how two NGOs, Catholic Relief Service (CRS) and Right to Care, can impact the condom promotion and behavioral change communication activities implementation.

The purpose of this research is to provide insight into the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in urban areas, particularly those who are at an economic disadvantage. This research will provide background on what HIV is, its history and the result that have been concluded based on the research and information collected during the process. The purpose of this paper is to see whether HIV is more prevalent in urban areas, particularly the minority and underserved populations.

The purpose of this literature review is to examine what researchers has discovered about the knowledge and attitudes of women around the world regarding Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and protection. HIV is one of the most rapidly increasing sexually transmitted diseases today. 34. million people were living with HIV at the end of 2011. That same year, some 2.5 million people became newly infected, and 1.7 million died of AIDS-related causes 1

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) threaten nearly everyone in the modern environment. However, with the introduction of the condoms and an intense campaign to adopt a healthy behavior can salvage the situation. Apart from the STDs, it is important for the society to protect the society against the worst scourge, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). According to Helweg-Larsen and Collins (1994), condoms can rarely prevent the infection of STDs and HIV, but it can reduce the risk of the disease and unplanned pregnancies. It is also evident that the fatal prognosis of the human immunodeficiency virus infection has encouraged the use of condoms. The intervention program would persuade the people to change their healthy behaviors by adopting the use of condoms in reducing the risk of STDs and HIV infections.

In the last three decades HIV/ AIDS has become the one of the most notorious and widely spread diseases in the modern world. Its discovery in the late seventies prompted worldwide concern. The one thing that has become the most bothersome thing about the HIV/ AIDS epidemic is prevention. Prevention or stopping the transmission of the diseases is hindered by factors such as: denial or non-acceptance by infected persons, unsafe sex, and non-disclosure by infected persons to their at risk sexual partner(s). According to Alghazo, Upton, and Cioe (2011):

Thailand kingdom is one of the success stories related to HIV incidence reduction. Located in the middle mainland peninsula of South East Asia region and surrounded by other 5 South East Asia countries (Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia), Thailand population has growth rapidly from 20.6 million in 1950 to around 66 million in 2015 (1,2). During 1980-1991 Thailand kingdom is one the countries that have a high rate of HIV/AIDS in South East Asia. It grouped with Cambodia, Burma and some part (states) of India as countries in Asia that got hit early by HIV epidemic and have more than 1% prevalence of adult living with HIV (3). The first few detected cases of AIDS in Thailand were found among men who had sex with men in 1984 (4,5), then followed by the case among injecting drug users in 1988, but the most concerning group is commercial sex worker (2).

By taking proper measures to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission from mother to child, Project II prevents the death of the mother and protects the health of the child. With a healthy mother, she will be able to sustain the health of her child. She will also be able to provide economically for her family, especially since rural women in China possess pivotal roles in agriculture (Rawski et al., 1998). However, because the initiative also calls for anti-retroviral therapy and a supply of infant formula for a period of 12 months, the project is unsustainable in a way that it will not be able to help mothers once the fund

Today many people around the world are infected with a serious disease called AIDS. Unfortunately, the disease has led to many deaths worldwide and yet it still remains untreatable. Many Public Health Departments are now taking the lead in publicizing education about AIDS. Public awareness and prevention programs are possible solutions to the spread of AIDS. The issue of this paper is on AIDS Prevention Programs that target women. One outlook is that prevention programs that target women will reduce the number of infections around the world. People opposed to this believe that prevention programs should aim more towards males. The disease is obviously an important social issue which impacts people worldwide.

This paper looks at increases in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Thailand in the early 1990 's and the action taken to address this health issue. As a solution, the National AIDS committee of Thailand took an initiative to form the "100 Percent Condom Program". This program not only made condom use a requirement but also promoted health education in regard to HIV/AIDS. One of the major sources of the spread of HIV in Thailand was the increase of the disease among sex workers. After the success of the "100 Percent Condom Program" in Thailand, it has been implemented in various other Asian countries such as Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, and Laos.