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Blood tests discriminatory
News, Published on 01/07/2012
» I am an instructor at a prominent university in Bangkok and I am increasingly concerned at the increasing trend of xenophobia within institutions relating to foreign employees in Thailand, particularly those employed in education.
Guru Asks
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 02/05/2014
» Why is a colonoscopy patient in Virginia filing a lawsuit against his doctors?
A new generation is being born HIV-free in Thailand
News, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Published on 09/06/2016
» Thailand's elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission will help end the country's ongoing epidemic, and signifies the importance of realising universal health coverage.
King's lasting legacy
News, Postbag, Published on 24/10/2016
» Re: "King still with us, in photos and memories" by Kong Rithdee, (Opinion, Oct 22).
Better safe than sorry
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 10/06/2019
» Dating websites and applications have profoundly changed the way couples meet and interact. Traditionally, we were more likely to date people who lived in the same community or shared the same interests, or people linked to our group of friends.
Sex curriculum on right track but room to improve
News, Published on 26/06/2019
» Thailand first introduced a sex-education curriculum four decades ago. Since then, concepts of sexuality education have continued to evolve, reflecting a much more expansive understanding of students' well-being, not just in terms of sexual and reproductive health, particularly the central role that gender plays in their understanding of themselves and the world around them, but also their social and emotional welfare.
Tracing a path to Big Brother?
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/05/2020
» As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, governments are turning to contact tracing -- a tactic used to control outbreaks of syphilis in the 1930s and more recently Ebola in West Africa.
Sex ed needs revamping
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2023
» Valentine's Day has become an event that policymakers and advocacy groups in Thailand use to launch campaigns against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other gender issues. This year is no different.
Thai HIV response faces setback
Oped, Published on 21/02/2023
» Thailand was a model for how a country should respond to the HIV epidemic. Whenever there was an HIV innovation -- whether it be a drug or a behavioural approach -- Thailand would be one of the first countries to adopt it. This began with the 100% Condom Programme in the early 1990s and continued all the way to 2016, when WHO declared that Thailand was the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, an impressive feat many countries are still hard-pressed to mimic. Thailand became one of the first middle-income countries in 2014 to embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by supporting community-based organisations (CBOs) to test key populations, such as men who have sex with men and transgendered individuals, for HIV and provide this critical drug to them.