Thailand Champions Community-Led Efforts on World AIDS Day

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Senior Advisor on Research and Policy at the HIV Research and Innovation Institute, Professor Dr. Praphan Phanuphak, has expressed optimism about Thailand’s ability to end AIDS.

 

Ending AIDS as a public health threat as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal agenda was achievable if policymakers fully invested in community-led responses, and sectors worked together to support and revise policies and regulations that currently impede the work of community organizations, said Praphan, the first doctor to diagnose an AIDS patient in Thailand.

 

“We just need a strong, genuine political commitment from our government that we can end AIDS within the lifetime within a 4-year period of this government by strong advocating on the HIV testing.”

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-11-27

 

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[daveAustin]

You can't 'end' AIDS (certainly HIV) like you can't end flu, the horse has bolted, the virus is out there. All about education and getting people (esp sex workers) to do the right thing and bag up. Sadly, many infected 'workers' will happily continue engaging in their activity to purposely pass on this horrible affliction. They should be banged up. 

Edited November 27, 2023 by daveAustin

[bignok]

25 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

You can't 'end' AIDS (certainly HIV) like you can't end flu, the horse has bolted, the virus is out there. All about education and getting people (esp sex workers) to do the right thing and bag up. Sadly, many infected 'workers' will happily continue engaging in their activity to purposely pass on this horrible affliction. They should be banged up. 

Mostly spread via drug use and anal sex.