| from research to practice: use of short course zidovudine to prevent mother-to-child hiv transmission in the context of routine health care in northern thailand. | thailand has made remarkable progress in battling the hivepidemic, as the decreases in hiv prevalence and changes in sexual behavior attest. yet, in phayao, a northern province severely affected by hiv, approximately 280 hiv-infected women, or 5% of all pregnant women, gave birth to an estimated 70 infected children in 1997. as many of these infants die within their first year of life, the infant mortality rate is on the rise after years of decline. the province, however, responded quickly to th ... | 1998 | 10437936 |
| hiv vulnerability and mobile populations: thailand and its borders. | in thailand, increasing mobility has contributed to the spread of hiv. this is most noticeable in the north, where three adjoining provinces have been noted as the center of the thai hiv/aids epidemic. the provinces of chiang mai, chiang rai and phayao have been expanding centers of trade, which includes smuggling and other illicit activities. these internal and cross-border sites are clearly linked with economic development, trade, and sexual services, subsequently contributing to the spread ... | 2000 | 12179447 |
| best practice in reduction of vulnerability of girls to hiv / aids. | this article describes trends in aids, child prostitution, reasons for prostitution, and strategies for preventing child prostitution in thailand. the study examined the effectiveness of the sema life development project in 3 provinces (chiang mai, chiang rai, and phayao) in 1994. the project provided high school scholarships to poor girls in order to prevent entrance into the commercial sex worker (csw) trade. hiv prevalence rates among direct csws rose from 3.5% to 28.9% during 1989-96, and ... | 1998 | 12294263 |