U.s. & Thai Doctors To Study Pattaya’S Declining Hiv-Care System

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U.S. & Thai doctors to study Pattaya’s declining HIV-care system

PATTAYA:--Thai and U.S. medical researchers plan to study why Pattaya is losing health care workers caring to HIV and AIDS patients.

Dr. Phetsri Siriniran, head of the HIV subcommittee for the Thailand-U.S. Centers for Disease Control Collaboration program, told a meeting of international AIDS specialists in Pattaya Oct. 30 that the city has seen a steady decline in the number of HIV-related health care workers despite the high number of high-risk groups in the city.

The meeting, attended by the city medical services department, U.S. CDC, U.S. Agency for International Development and World AIDS Project Thailand executives, was aimed at gathering information on the city’s high-risk groups and health care system.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2012-11-10