Thailand
After Thailand’s first case of HIV/AIDS was reported in 1984, the incidence of infection increased steadily in the country. In 1991, the Government adopted a strategy to combat the disease, and in recent years, the number of new infections has declined. However, the spread of HIV in some provinces is still severe, especially in those that receive a large number of tourists and those along the eastern seaboard and Gulf of Thailand. HIV prevalence remained the same from 2003 to 2007 (1.4 percent), with more people receiving antiretroviral therapy.
USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia, working together with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has supported the development, evaluation, dissemination, and replication of prevention models aimed at most-at-risk populations and capacity building tied to the Global Fund’s program implementation for Thailand. Through Global Fund support, models were implemented by nongovernmental organizations and Thai Government entities (the Ministry of Public Health and local governments) with the goal of national scale-up. The models were developed using proven approaches to address populations at risk and, in collaboration with the Government and civil society, Global Fund support for replication was secured. Models are based on the U.S. Government-developed concept of a comprehensive prevention package, which includes a “minimum package of services.”
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