The future of HIV and AIDS in Thailand
Although Thailand made enormous progress with HIV prevention in the 1990s, the decline in HIV prevalence has slowed down in recent years. Access to prevention services and behaviour-change communication hasn’t been enough to significantly reduce the rate of new infections.4
People aged under 25 in both key affected populations and the general population are increasingly not being reached with HIV prevention efforts, so Thailand will need to focus its efforts on new and innovative strategies to cover these demographics.
People who inject drugs account for the greatest burden of HIV in the country, so reaching this population also needs to be a priority. In fact, the Thai National Aids Strategic Plan aims to reduce HIV transmission among PWID by two-thirds by 2016.4
From 2015, the Ministry of Public Health has increased its budget to prepare for implementing the strategy to end AIDS,4 but the lack of public spending must remain a focus if real progress is to be made.
For example there is still a lack of budget in support of migrant workers, despite the recent access to health insurance and right to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among this population. This is because many vulnerable migrant workers fall outside of the traditional target populations of the National Aids Strategic Plan.4
- See more at: http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/asia-pacific/thailand#sthash.vR85GUwg.dpuf
The future of HIV and AIDS in ThailandAlthough Thailand made enormous progress with HIV prevention in the 1990s, the decline in HIV prevalence has slowed down in recent years. Access to prevention services and behaviour-change communication hasn’t been enough to significantly reduce the rate of new infections.4People aged under 25 in both key affected populations and the general population are increasingly not being reached with HIV prevention efforts, so Thailand will need to focus its efforts on new and innovative strategies to cover these demographics.People who inject drugs account for the greatest burden of HIV in the country, so reaching this population also needs to be a priority. In fact, the Thai National Aids Strategic Plan aims to reduce HIV transmission among PWID by two-thirds by 2016.4From 2015, the Ministry of Public Health has increased its budget to prepare for implementing the strategy to end AIDS,4 but the lack of public spending must remain a focus if real progress is to be made.For example there is still a lack of budget in support of migrant workers, despite the recent access to health insurance and right to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among this population. This is because many vulnerable migrant workers fall outside of the traditional target populations of the National Aids Strategic Plan.4- See more at: http://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-around-world/asia-pacific/thailand#sthash.vR85GUwg.dpuf
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