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Bangkok Post - September 29, 2003
Anjira Assavanonda - Chiang Rai
The distribution of condoms and the locally-made GPO-Vir anti-retroviral cocktail, worth one million baht, was part of an agreement signed by Mrs Sudarat and her counterpart Kyaw Myint, Burmese health minister, at a Thai-Burmese ministerial meeting.
Mrs Sudarat said Aids was a big problem at the Thai-Burmese border and cooperation is needed.
Rangoon was interested in buying the retroviral drug from Thailand.
She said Rangoon has agreed to promote the 100% condom use in its territory, as requested by Thailand.
As trade in the region increased, Aids grew worse. Each year, the province received 3,000 cargo ships from China, Burma and Laos. More are expected this year with the opening of Chiang Saen port. Mrs Sudarat said the crew on the cargo ships spent 7-10 days in Chiang Rai each trip and did not practise safe sex.
She said 46,000 cases of HIV-Aids were found in the Burmese town of Tachilek in March this year. Of these, 6,700 showed Aids symptoms and 2,843 have died. The ministers also agreed to tackle tuberculosis and malaria.
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