Public Health Ministry aims to end AIDS problem by 2030

[webfact]

Public Health Ministry aims to end AIDS problem by 2030

 

 

On the occasion of the World’s AIDS Day on December 1, the Ministry of Public Health has set a target to resolve AIDS problems by reducing the number of new cases of people infected with HIV to a maximum of 1,000 and the fatality rate of AIDS sufferers to not exceeding 4,000 cases per year by the year 2030.

 

At the same time, the ministry aims to reduce the rate of discrimination and stigmatization to people with AIDS by up to 90 percent.

 

The Disease Control Department which is under the Ministry of Public Health has coined a campaign motto to mark the World AIDS Day today, “Know Your Status”, to educate the people about the disease and to encourage the high-risk groups to have blood tests so those tested positive with HIV will have a chance to have access to treatment.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/public-health-ministry-aims-to-end-aids-problem-by-2030/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-12-03

[Lupatria]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Public Health Ministry aims to end AIDS problem by 2030

Is that before or after Thai scientist won the Nobel Prize for inventing the ultimative herbal cancer cure based on TTM?

[Krataiboy]

Setting targets is easy, hitting them harder. Thailand is unlikely to succeed in its laudable ambition unless a way can be found to reverse rising MSM infection rates - currently 44 percent of the total and forecast to reach half of all new infections by next year.

 

One strategy worth considering would be to switch the emphasis from costly pre-and-post infection drugs to more widespread use of condoms - available free to at-risk groups. As highly-successful campaigns in the Nineties proved, the humble meechai is the most effective way to protect gay and bi men's men's health and  reduce the three billion baht annual HIV-AIDS burden on taxpayers.

[HalfLight]

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Setting targets is easy, hitting them harder.

 

Nah. In Thailand, the kudos is gained from the announcement, not the achievement.  1 week after the announcement, nobody except doubting foreigners will even remember it, and by the time the target is failed, there are a hundred perfectly good reasons why it fsiled, and not one of the is the right reason - which is: nationality.

 

It's a culture thing... and a 'rolling your eyes while muttering "sweet Jesus, not again..."' thing.

[Krataiboy]

2 minutes ago, HalfLight said:

 

Nah. In Thailand, the kudos is gained from the announcement, not the achievement.  1 week later, nobody except doubting foreigners even remember the announcement, and by the time the target is failed, there are a hundred perfectly good reasons why...

 

It's a culture thing... and a 'rolling your eyes' thing.

Sadly, past experience leads me to fear you may well be proved right. I hope not, for the sake of all those lives which will be devastated if you are.

[HalfLight]

3 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Sadly, past experience leads me to fear you may well be proved right. I hope not, for the sake of all those lives which will be devastated if you are.

 

I understand. We each have our own perspective on the HIV/AIDS thing. There has to be a solid reason why people are still falling prey to HIV/AIDS.

[Krataiboy]

 

 

I understand. We each have our own perspective on the HIV/AIDS thing. There has to be a solid reason why people are still falling prey to HIV/AIDS.

The most effective way to avoid "falling prey", as you rather emotively put it, to HIV or any other sexually transmitted disease is to use a condom.

 

This is particularly the case with men who have sex with men (MSM)-  a group responsible for a disproportionately large percentage of new infections in Thailand and elsewhere. Unfortunately, too many of them seem not to have got the message.

 

Though infection rates across the general population continue to fall, the MSM minority globally remain 28 times more likely than other groups to become HIV positive, according to a report by the HIV/AIDs information agency Avert.

 

Since many bi men and some gays also have physical relations with wives, girlfriends and female sex workers, their aversion to the condom can also have unintended consequences for the women in their lives. 

 

Here's the link to the Avert report: https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/key-affected-populations/men-sex-men

 

 

[HalfLight]

16 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

This is particularly the case with men who have sex with men (MSM)-  a group responsible for a disproportionately large percentage of new infections in Thailand and elsewhere. Unfortunately, too many of them seem not to have got the message. 

 

 

 

Yes. Well. Same as it ever was.

 

Still, It's a problem that will eventually resolve itself.