HIV/AIDS in Thailand
According to statistics from UNAIDS, 5.4 Million South and South East Asians are living with HIV/AIDS.
To put the work of the Agape Home into context, it is helpful first to understand the significant impact HIV/AIDS has had in South and South East Asia. This region of the world has the second largest population of people living with HIV/AIDS, 5.4 million according to
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statistics from the World Health Organization. The first caseswere detected in Thailand in 1988. From the beginning, the epidemic has affected all levels of the population, including women of childbearing age. The current picture of HIV/AIDS in Thailand looks like this: |