THAILAND: AIDS Sufferers Hit 300,000 in Thailand

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THAILAND: AIDS Sufferers Hit 300,000 in Thailand

Xinhua News Agency (12.27.03) - Wednesday, December 31, 2003

More than 300,000 people in Thailand now have fully developed AIDS, the state-run Thai News Agency quoted Public Health Ministry spokesperson Nittaya Chanruengmahaphon as saying on Friday. Of the 312,429 AIDS patients, 62,726 have died. People ages 25-29 comprised the largest group of patients: 26 percent. The figures do not include people with HIV who have not developed AIDS. One in four AIDS patients is also infected with TB. Bangkok recorded the highest number of AIDS- related deaths: 5,411 since 1984. Thanks to a strong prevention campaign, Thailand's annual number of new cases has fallen from 140,000 in 1991 to 20,000 today. National prevalence, however, still stands at about 2 percent.
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