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Thailand to Host International AIDS Treatment Meeting

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

December 12, 2001

The fifth International Conference on "Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS" will be held in the northern Thailand province of Chiang Mai Dec. 17-20. A senior official with the Thai Red Cross Society, Phan Wannamethi, said that 3,000 activists, researchers, medical personnel and HIV-infected persons from 30 countries worldwide are expected to attend. "We hope from the conference, Thailand can improve our treatment system for better care for AIDS patients in the country," said Phan. In recent years, Thailand has shown some success in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS. The number of newly infected people has decreased in the past five years from 150,000 annually to 40,000, said Dr. Praphan Phanuphak, a director of Thailand's AIDS research center.


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12.11.01

  
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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
 
 

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