1. HIV/AIDS IN THAILAND AND ITS PREVENTION Presented by Mr. Md. Matiar Rahman Ethics group Course: Bioengineering and Environmental Health

2. 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

3. 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

4. ‘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