Hit and Run: The Impact of Anti Trafficking Policy and Practice on Sex Worker’s Human Rights in Thailand. Empower Foundation (2012)
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Empower is a Thai sex worker organization started by Ms Chantawipa Apisuk, a group of sex workers and activists in Patpong, Bangkok’s in 1984.In 2010 Empower decided to undertake a nation-wide community research project to identify and document the impact of the current Thai anti-trafficking law, policy and practice, on sex workers in Thailand, and to develop relevant and achievable solutions. There were 206 Thai and migrant sex workers had become part of the RATS-W project; leading the research consultations, interviewing, giving expert testimony, investigating and undertaking the analysis and preliminary documentation. The 206 sex workers who worked on the project can be divided into 170 research partners; 36 research leaders coordinated by a research working team of four. They are all referred to herein as research leaders,research partners or sex workers interchangeably. |
Thailand’s Response to HIV/AIDS: Progress and Challenges - Thematic MDG Report. UNDP (2004)
 | Thailand has shown that a well-funded, politicallysupported and shrewdly-implemented response can change the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. After peaking at 143,000 in 1991, the annual number of new HIV infections has fallen to about 19,000 in 2003 – making Thailand one of a handful of countries to have reversed a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic. The national adult HIV prevalence continues to edge lower, with the latest estimates pegging it at a little over 1.5 percent at the end of 2003. Download this publication |
Epidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV and AIDS, 2008 Update: Thailand. UNAIDS and WHO (2008)
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Global surveillance of HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a joint effort of UNAIDS and WHO. The UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance, initiated in November 1996, is the coordination and implementation mechanism for UNAIDS and WHO to compile and improve the quality of data needed for informed decisionmaking and planning at national, regional and global levels. Download this publication |
UNGASS Country Progress Report: Thailand. National AIDS Prevention and Alleviation Committee Thailand (2003)
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The proposed generic reporting format is meant to assist National AIDS Councils (or equivalent) in drafting their national report to be submitted to the UN General Assembly on biennial basis as a follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) signed in June 2001 at the UNGASS on HIV/AIDS |
Thailand HIV/AIDS Health Profile. USAID (2010)
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After Thailand’s first case of HIV/AIDS was reported in 1984, the incidence of infection increased steadily in the country. In 1991, the Government adopted a strategy to combat the disease, and in recent years, the number of new infections has declined. |
Of Transgender and Sin in Asia. Winter S (2006)
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I was born male and identify as one. Until recently I hadn't asked myself why I had turned out this way. Yet many transpeople I know have long asked this question of themselves. What's more, there is a small army of researchers trying to uncover answers to the same question. Relatively few seem interested in going up to a trans person and simply asking him or her 'Why do you think you turned out this way? Download this publication |
The Asian Epidemic Model (AEM) Projections for HIV/AIDS in Thailand: 2005-2025. FHI, Analysis and Advocacy Project and Bureau of AIDS, TB and STIs, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand (2008)
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The Asian Epidemic Model (AEM) Projections for HIV/AIDS in Thailand 2005-2025 were prepared by the Analysis and Advocacy Project (A2) in Thailand, in collaboration with the Thai Working Group on HIV/AIDS Projections, and with funding support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The present projections are an update of the projections prepared in 2000. Download this publication |
Reducing HIV Infection Among Youth: What Can Schools Do? Key Baseline Findings from Mexico, Thailand, and South Africa. Stewart H, McCauley A, Baker S, et al (2001)
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Although many program planners see schools as a convenient location for HIV prevention programs, there is controversy about whether school programs can ever be strong enough to go beyond improving knowledge and attitudes to increasing the adoption of safe sexual behaviors. Download this publication |
Is a HIV Vaccine a Viable Option and At What Price? An Economic Evaluation of Adding HIV Vaccination into Existing Prevention Programs in Thailand. Leelahavarong P, Teerawattananon Y, Werayingyong P, et al (2011)
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This study aims to determine the maximum price at which HIV vaccination is cost-effective in the Thai healthcare setting. It also aims to identify the relative importance of vaccine characteristics and risk behavior changes among vaccine recipients to determine how they affect this cost-effectiveness. Download this publication |
Thailand Global AIDS Response Progress Report, 2012. National AIDS Committee Thailand (2012)
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The 2012 Thailand AIDS Response Progress Report covers the period 2010 and 2011. This report was prepared with the full collaboration and participation of all related sectors including government, civil society and international organizations.
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