The army has backed down from its move to bar HIV/Aids sufferers from military service after heavy criticism from non-governmental organisations and authorities concerned. The army will not test the blood of (potential) draftees but will check for diseases before recruiting them, said Col Somkuan Saengpattaranetr, the
Success for the short course AZT trial to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission in Thailand was announced yesterday. It is the first study conducted outside the West that can be used as a standard treatment worldwide. The HIV/Aids Collaboration (a joint activity of the Ministry of Public Health a
Anatural decline in the rate of HIV transmission from pregnant women to newborn infants has been observed without the use of any anti-retroviral drug, an Aids expert revealed. Dr Praphan Phanuphak, director of the Thai Red Cross Society s Programme on Aids, said initially it was thought the rate of mother-to-child tran
The Public Health Ministry yesterday emphasised the importance of the controversial Aids drug study conducted in Thailand that is currently being used as a political issue in Washington. Communicable Diseases Control Department director-general Vichai Chokeviwat said he hoped the results of the study would enable pregn
The announcement of the long awaited results of the short course study of AZT against transmission of mother-to-child HIV infection has been postponed to March, Thai authorities were informed. The Data Safety Monitoring Board of the National Institutes of Health of the United States was
The world s first trial of a synthetic vaccine against the Thai strain of HIV is to be conducted. The trials of the Chiron HIV Thai E gp 120/MF 59 vaccine were announced yesterday by Army chief Chettha Thanajaro. Although there have been other vaccine trials in Thailand they all involved the B-strain of HIV common amon
The Medical Council yesterday set up a special committee to consider whether universities should conduct mandatory blood tests on new medical students to find out their HIV status before accepting them for enrollment. Council president Arun Phaosawasdi said though the council agrees with the National Aids Commission in
PM s Office Minister Supatra Masdit has been chosen by the National Aids Commission to take charge of a national HIV/Aids prevention programme. The project, in honour of His Majesty the King on the occasion of his 72nd birthday in 1999, was initiated after His Majesty asked Ratchapracha Samasai Foundation committee mem
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