HIV/AIDS IN THAILAND AND ITS PREVENTION

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HIV/AIDS IN THAILANDAND ITS PREVENTION

• Presented by
• Mr. Md. Matiar Rahman
• Ethics group
• Course Bioengineering and Environmental Health

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INTRODUCTION Definition HIV - continuum
progressive damage to the immune system and
manifestation of severe immunological damage -
AIDS Background information ? Initial
identification of AIDS in 1981 ? AIDS a killer
disease in the world ? 33 million of patients in
the world in 1998 ? 40 million of patients likely
to be in the world by 2000 ?16,000 new patients
daily ? 8.2 million children has mother or
parents - 1998 ? 13 million children likely to be
has no mother or parents by 2000
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OVERVIEW OF HIV/AIDS IN THAILAND ? Position in
the world - 3rd ? Starts on September 1984 ?
Total population 62 million ? Total HIV patients
1 million up to 1998 ? Total AIDS patients
142,027 up to April 2000 ? Total number of AIDS
patients died 39,193 up to April 2000 ?
Approximate number of HIV patients 1028,000 by
2000 ? Approximate number of AIDS patients
562,000 by 2000
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AIDS IS A REGIONAL EPIDEMIC IN THAILAND AS IN
REST OF THE ASIA ? Long latency period of the
disease ? Asian economic crisis - 50 of the
young population are infected among the new
patients ? Geographically more in the northern
part of country since 1989 ? Government,
political, community and religious leader
overlooked the significance of AIDS ? Public
health problem increases due to high infection
rates
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