Public, Private Groups Ally To Combat ‘Considerable’ Increase In Hiv/Aids In Pattaya

Public, private groups ally to combat ‘considerable’ increase in HIV/AIDS in Pattaya

PATTAYA:--

Seven public and private-sector organizations have joined forces to help curtail what is being called a “considerable” increase in Pattaya’s HIV and AIDS infection rate.

Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and officials from the city’s Public Health and Environment and Education departments led the March 21 meeting establishing the Health and AIDS Workers Network.

Na-anya Jantrakas, head of the health department’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the network - comprised of the Chonburi Public Health Department, Baan Rak Phuan, Duang Pratheep Foundation, the Pattaya Rak Center and AIDS groups Swing, Sister and Hon - was crated to “resolve issues aggressively as the number of HIV-infected individuals has increased considerably in Pattaya.”

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-03-30