"Alarming Spread of AIDS Virus in Thailand May Threaten Country's Recent" Economic Gains

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"Alarming Spread of AIDS Virus in Thailand May Threaten Country's Recent" Economic Gains

Asian Wall Street Journal (12/23/91) Vol. 13, No. 51, P. 4
Owens, Cynthia

Abstract: Thailand's high AIDS case rate is damaging the country's recent economic growth and continues to increase by 500 new HIV infections a day. The first local AIDS case in Thailand was diagnosed in 1987. Since then the country has experienced an escalation to between 200,000 and 400,000 cases, according to government estimates. Thailand differs from the United States and Western Europe because the primary route of HIV transmission is heterosexual contact. HIV has been transmitted into the general population and can be attributed the country's huge sex industry. The number of HIV-positive Thai IV drug users has peaked at about 40 percent. The epidemic has prompted Thailand to implement one of the most widespread public education campaigns on AIDS. Anti-AIDS messages air every hour on the country's 488 state-owned radio and televison stations. Every school, including universities, is required to teach AIDS education classes. Businesses have also been asked to support AIDS education.

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