BANGKOK, Thailand is widely known for its notorious red light scene and an abundance of sex tourism. Massage parlors, Gogo bars, brothels and clubs all house thousands of sex workers desperately trying to survive the Bangkok grind ...
BANGKOK — Kanattsanan “Mukk” Dokput was 27 when he sank the first needle full of black market testosterone into his thigh. He chose a dose recommended by veterans of DIY hormone therapy. The needle was too short to reach muscle ...
Thailand has been officially certified free of the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mothers to their children. Thailand is the first country in Asia and among the first in the world where the rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV has fallen ...
THE DISEASE Control Department (DCD) has unveiled plans to support healthcare workers regarding HIV-related programmes after finding many were affected by stigma associated with the disease. The project is among the DCD’s ...
The Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic (TRCAC) sits nestled back from a busy street in Bangkok, Thailand. This globally renowned institution is a familiar place for Jonas Bagas, who visits the leafy compound regularly. Jonas lives in Manila in ...
There is an HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bangkok. Increasing the availability and use of free and anonymous testing and treatment of HIV infection among all at-risk groups, especially MSM, can stem the epidemic ...
A survey of young gay men and transgender women in Bangkok has found that HIV incidence is running at 9% a year in those who don’t use condoms consistently – and 2% a year in those who say they do. The survey also found higher-than ...
The 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention heard two late-breaker presentations providing new data about two studies of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in injecting drug users and in men ...
This year’s World AIDS Day commemorations in Kenya—led by the First Lady of Kenya, Margaret Kenyatta, at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi—were dedicated to young people, under the theme “Engage, prevent, celebrate” ...
Kenya's efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy for HIV/Aids patients has been ranked the second most improved in the world. As at the end of 2015, 900,000 people were on the therapy, according to the Global Aids Update released by ...
