Country Flag of Thailand Map of Thailand, Courtesy of WorldAtlas.com

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Facts and Figures

arrow Official Name Kingdom of Thailand

arrow Capital City Bangkok

arrow Languages Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects.

arrow Official Currency baht (THB)/

arrow Ethnic Groups Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%.

arrow Religions Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991).

arrow Population 62,354,402 Note: Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.)

arrow Land Area 510,890 sq km (197,255 sq miles).

History

A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict.

UNAIDS Epidemiological
Fact Sheets

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Global Surveillance of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a joint effort of WHO and UNAIDS. The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in November 1996, guides respective activities. The primary objective of the working group is to strengthen national, regional and global structures and networks for improved monitoring and surveillance of HIV/AIDS and STIs. For this purpose, the working group collaborates closely with national AIDS programmes and a number of national and international experts and institutions. The goal of this collaboration is to compile the best information available and to improve the quality of data needed for informed decision-making and planning at national, regional and global levels. The Epidemiological Fact Sheets are one of the products of this close and fruitful collaboration across the globe.

Web sites

U.S. Government Agencies

CDC Fact Sheet: Thailand
The HIV/AIDS Collaboration, a joint activity of the Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (MOPH) and CDC, is now in its 11th year of operation. The Global AIDS Program has placed four CDC staff in Thailand to assist with HIV prevention and care. They join four other international research staff and more than 70 Thai technical and support staff. The Collaboration maintains an office and laboratory at the MOPH in Nonthaburi and a field station in Chiang Rai, the country's northernmost province.

World Fact Book
The Factbook was created as an annual summary and update to the encyclopedic NIS studies. The first classified Factbook was published in August 1962, and the first unclassified version was published in June 1971. The 1975 Factbook was the first to be made available to the public with sales through the US Government Printing Office (GPO).

US Department of State - Travel Advisory
Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.

Non-Governmental Organizations

AIDS Access Foundation
AIDS Access Foundation provides long-term care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and their families. The services are provided to around 2,500 PLWHA each year, and include anonymous telephone counselling, counselling at Access offices and welfare support services, health clinics, home care support and advocacy on access to drug for PLWHA.

Health and Development Networks (HDN)
HDN is a non-profit organization that works to improve communication, expand discourses and promote self-representation in the HIV/AIDS and related health fields internationally. Our goals are to increase the number of people involved in popular discussion of HIV/AIDS and other health- and development-related issues via various regional and issue-based electronic discussion forums.

AIDS Thailand
Information about AIDS in Thailand, vaccine development, international collaboration, the Global Fund and links to other web sites.

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