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HIV/AIDS and Sexually-transmitted Infections in Thailand: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

Department of Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Thailand has been able to reduce the potential impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic with concerted and exemplary efforts. The annual number of new HIV infections in the year 2001 was 25,790, compared to 142,819 in 1991. The key factors that contributed to the success of the HIV/ AIDS programmes include effective political and financial commitment at the highest level, multi- sectoral involvement, systemic epidemiological surveillance, social and behavioral research, and the institution of result-oriented interventions.

Despite this progress, the country must continue to improve the prevention efforts to further reduce the incidence and alleviate the impact of the burden of those persons living with HIV/ AIDS. Some challenges are to maintain and strengthen national STD prevention and control programme, to initiate and strengthen effective prevention programme among injecting drug users, to ensure increase theaccess to medical care for HIV/AIDS patients includingAR Vdrugs, and to expand multi-sectoral partnership in the design, implementation and evaluation of HIV/ AIDS-related policies and programmes to promote research.

Journal of Health Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, 173-189 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/097206340300500203


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