Fishing folk most affected
Raks Thai Foundation's Myanmar-speaking field co-ordinator Khiew Khiew Min said the HIV/Aids epidemic often affected fishing-boat workers and fishery workers. Coming ashore after a voyage that could last for five to 10 days, many workers would visit a brothel, which often fronted as a karaoke bar and employed Myanmar or Cambodian women. The campaign for these workers to use condoms or even receive free condoms was still not enough to remove all risk.