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Bangkok Post - July 24, 2004
Charal Trinvuthipong, acting permanent secretary of public health, said the government was already providing free condoms in about 60,000 places which offered sexual services.
Also, a campaign has been actively conducted to raise public awareness about protective measures in a bid to curb sexually transmitted diseases, Mr Charal said.
A report said 69% of British-born men with heterosexually acquired HIV were infected through sex while abroad, as were a quarter of women.
"Of these men, 22% were probably infected in Thailand," the report said.
A study was done between 2000 and 2002 of STD infections, such as syphilis and HIV, in young travellers and sex tourists.
Moreover, a study of male German sex tourists in Thailand showed that most were aged 30-40, single, with well-paying jobs.
Of these people, only 30%-40% used condoms, the study showed.
However, Dr Charal said many of those travellers ignored safe sex practices.
"They might have had sex, without protection, with risk groups such as teenagers and those outside sex services. Such groups still had low protection rates."
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