Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand

The World Bank initiated a review of HIV prevention among injection drug users in Thailand, with the objective of providing technical assistance to strengthen national capacity to develop state-of-the-art injecting drug use harm reduction intervent...

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Main Author:	Tyndall, Mark
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Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT ADDICTION ADDICTION SERVICES ADDICTIONS TREATMENT ADOLESCENTS ADVERSE HEALTH AIDS TREATMENT ALCOHOL USE AMPHETAMINES ANAL SEX ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBODY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BLOOD SAMPLES CAPACITY BUILDING CARE PROVIDERS CARE SERVICES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CITIZENS CLEAN NEEDLES CLINICAL OUTCOMES CLINICS COHORT STUDIES COMA COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS COMPLICATIONS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CONDOM CONDOM DISTRIBUTION CONDOM USE CONSENSUAL SEX DANGERS DEPRESSION DETOXIFICATION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTICS DIET DIRTY NEEDLES DISEASE DROPOUT DRUG DRUG COMBINATIONS DRUG DEPENDENCY DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS DRUG INTERACTIONS DRUG MISUSE DRUG SUPPLY DRUG TOXICITY DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG TREATMENT DRUG USE DRUG USER DRUG USERS NEED DRUGS USERS DURATION OF TREATMENT ECSTASY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENDOCARDITIS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL ACCESS FAMILIES FEMALE SEX WORKERS GENITAL ULCERS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GRASS-ROOTS HARM REDUCTION HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS C HEROIN USE HERPES HIGH-RISK HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV PREVENTION HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION INFECTION RATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED CONSENT INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS INJECTION EQUIPMENT INTERVENTION ISOLATION LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVER LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICATION MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS METABOLISM METHADONE METHADONE PROGRAM MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOVEMENT DISORDERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL HEALTH NEEDLE SHARING NEEDLE STICK NEEDLE USE NEEDLES NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSING OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION OSTEOMYELITIS OUTREACH WORKERS OZONE PARANOIA PATHOGENS PATIENT PATIENT EDUCATION PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACY PHYSICAL ABUSE PILL PILOT PROJECTS PLASMA VIRAL LOAD POLICY MAKERS PREVALENCE PREVALENCE RATES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRISONS PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REHABILITATION RISK GROUPS RISK OF EXPOSURE RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK TAKING SANITATION SCREENING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE SEX TRADE SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SEXUAL EXPOSURE SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL PARTNERSHIPS SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SKIN INFECTIONS SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES STAPHYLOCOCCUS STERILE EQUIPMENT STERILE SYRINGES STIMULANTS STIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TB CONTROL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THERAPEUTICS THERAPIES THERAPY TOLERANCE TREATMENT SERVICES TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNSAFE SEX USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF DRUGS USE OF HEROIN VACCINE VICTIMS VIRAL LOADS VIRUS VIRUSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH
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topic	ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT ADDICTION ADDICTION SERVICES ADDICTIONS TREATMENT ADOLESCENTS ADVERSE HEALTH AIDS TREATMENT ALCOHOL USE AMPHETAMINES ANAL SEX ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBODY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BLOOD SAMPLES CAPACITY BUILDING CARE PROVIDERS CARE SERVICES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CITIZENS CLEAN NEEDLES CLINICAL OUTCOMES CLINICS COHORT STUDIES COMA COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS COMPLICATIONS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CONDOM CONDOM DISTRIBUTION CONDOM USE CONSENSUAL SEX DANGERS DEPRESSION DETOXIFICATION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTICS DIET DIRTY NEEDLES DISEASE DROPOUT DRUG DRUG COMBINATIONS DRUG DEPENDENCY DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS DRUG INTERACTIONS DRUG MISUSE DRUG SUPPLY DRUG TOXICITY DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG TREATMENT DRUG USE DRUG USER DRUG USERS NEED DRUGS USERS DURATION OF TREATMENT ECSTASY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENDOCARDITIS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL ACCESS FAMILIES FEMALE SEX WORKERS GENITAL ULCERS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GRASS-ROOTS HARM REDUCTION HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS C HEROIN USE HERPES HIGH-RISK HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV PREVENTION HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION INFECTION RATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED CONSENT INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS INJECTION EQUIPMENT INTERVENTION ISOLATION LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVER LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICATION MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS METABOLISM METHADONE METHADONE PROGRAM MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOVEMENT DISORDERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL HEALTH NEEDLE SHARING NEEDLE STICK NEEDLE USE NEEDLES NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSING OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION OSTEOMYELITIS OUTREACH WORKERS OZONE PARANOIA PATHOGENS PATIENT PATIENT EDUCATION PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACY PHYSICAL ABUSE PILL PILOT PROJECTS PLASMA VIRAL LOAD POLICY MAKERS PREVALENCE PREVALENCE RATES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRISONS PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REHABILITATION RISK GROUPS RISK OF EXPOSURE RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK TAKING SANITATION SCREENING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE SEX TRADE SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SEXUAL EXPOSURE SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL PARTNERSHIPS SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SKIN INFECTIONS SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES STAPHYLOCOCCUS STERILE EQUIPMENT STERILE SYRINGES STIMULANTS STIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TB CONTROL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THERAPEUTICS THERAPIES THERAPY TOLERANCE TREATMENT SERVICES TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNSAFE SEX USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF DRUGS USE OF HEROIN VACCINE VICTIMS VIRAL LOADS VIRUS VIRUSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH
spellingShingle	ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT ADDICTION ADDICTION SERVICES ADDICTIONS TREATMENT ADOLESCENTS ADVERSE HEALTH AIDS TREATMENT ALCOHOL USE AMPHETAMINES ANAL SEX ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBODY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BLOOD SAMPLES CAPACITY BUILDING CARE PROVIDERS CARE SERVICES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CITIZENS CLEAN NEEDLES CLINICAL OUTCOMES CLINICS COHORT STUDIES COMA COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS COMPLICATIONS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CONDOM CONDOM DISTRIBUTION CONDOM USE CONSENSUAL SEX DANGERS DEPRESSION DETOXIFICATION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTICS DIET DIRTY NEEDLES DISEASE DROPOUT DRUG DRUG COMBINATIONS DRUG DEPENDENCY DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS DRUG INTERACTIONS DRUG MISUSE DRUG SUPPLY DRUG TOXICITY DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG TREATMENT DRUG USE DRUG USER DRUG USERS NEED DRUGS USERS DURATION OF TREATMENT ECSTASY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENDOCARDITIS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL ACCESS FAMILIES FEMALE SEX WORKERS GENITAL ULCERS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GRASS-ROOTS HARM REDUCTION HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS C HEROIN USE HERPES HIGH-RISK HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV PREVENTION HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION INFECTION RATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED CONSENT INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS INJECTION EQUIPMENT INTERVENTION ISOLATION LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVER LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICATION MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS METABOLISM METHADONE METHADONE PROGRAM MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOVEMENT DISORDERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL HEALTH NEEDLE SHARING NEEDLE STICK NEEDLE USE NEEDLES NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSING OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION OSTEOMYELITIS OUTREACH WORKERS OZONE PARANOIA PATHOGENS PATIENT PATIENT EDUCATION PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACY PHYSICAL ABUSE PILL PILOT PROJECTS PLASMA VIRAL LOAD POLICY MAKERS PREVALENCE PREVALENCE RATES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRISONS PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REHABILITATION RISK GROUPS RISK OF EXPOSURE RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK TAKING SANITATION SCREENING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE SEX TRADE SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SEXUAL EXPOSURE SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL PARTNERSHIPS SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SKIN INFECTIONS SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES STAPHYLOCOCCUS STERILE EQUIPMENT STERILE SYRINGES STIMULANTS STIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TB CONTROL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THERAPEUTICS THERAPIES THERAPY TOLERANCE TREATMENT SERVICES TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNSAFE SEX USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF DRUGS USE OF HEROIN VACCINE VICTIMS VIRAL LOADS VIRUS VIRUSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH Tyndall, Mark Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Thailand
description	The World Bank initiated a review of HIV prevention among injection drug users in Thailand, with the objective of providing technical assistance to strengthen national capacity to develop state-of-the-art injecting drug use harm reduction interventions. Thailand has received international recognition for its successful interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV among female sex workers and military recruits. It is looked upon as a role model for HIV education and awareness campaigns that include the extensive promotion and wide acceptance of condoms as an HIV prevention strategy. Thailand has the most progressive and comprehensive antiretroviral program in the region with a reported coverage of over 80 percent of eligible individuals. In 2001, it embarked on a progressive universal health care program that provides free access to a wide array of health care diagnostics and therapeutics for the people of Thailand. With these impressive achievements, it is remarkable how poorly Thailand has responded to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs). From available data, it appears that the HIV prevalence rates among IDUs have remained high and stagnant over the last decade. Failure to provide effective interventions to reduce HIV transmission among drug users has resulted in unnecessary suffering, and for many, HIV-related death. Continued inaction threatens to undermine successful HIV prevention efforts in the country through ongoing HIV transmission among injection drug users and their sexual partners. The current focus on enforcement and punishment, along with the reliance on compulsory drug treatment centers, has done little to control drug use in Thailand. The unintended consequence of this approach has been to push drug users into precarious and dangerous environments that have directly led to risky drug using patterns and persistently high rates of HIV transmission. Adopting a harm reduction approach to deal with injection drug use could have a major impact on reducing HIV transmission as well as engaging drug users into better health care and effective drug treatment. This will require strong leadership in key government Ministries and related agencies so that the central stakeholders can roll out harm reduction programs. Thailand has the potential to greatly reduce the transmission of HIV among injection drug users and become a regional leader in harm reduction.
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title	Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
title_short	Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
title_full	Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
title_fullStr	Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
title_full_unstemmed	Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand
title_sort	harm reduction policies and interventions for injection drug users in thailand
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/678211468310529526/Harm-reduction-policies-and-interventions-for-injection-drug-users-in-Thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26868
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spelling	okr-10986-268682021-06-14T10:31:56Z Harm Reduction Policies and Interventions for Injection Drug Users in Thailand Tyndall, Mark ABSTINENCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT ADDICTION ADDICTION SERVICES ADDICTIONS TREATMENT ADOLESCENTS ADVERSE HEALTH AIDS TREATMENT ALCOHOL USE AMPHETAMINES ANAL SEX ANTIBIOTICS ANTIBODY AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS BLOOD SAMPLES CAPACITY BUILDING CARE PROVIDERS CARE SERVICES CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CITIZENS CLEAN NEEDLES CLINICAL OUTCOMES CLINICS COHORT STUDIES COMA COMMERCIAL SEX COMMERCIAL SEX WORK COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS COMPLICATIONS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CONDOM CONDOM DISTRIBUTION CONDOM USE CONSENSUAL SEX DANGERS DEPRESSION DETOXIFICATION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTICS DIET DIRTY NEEDLES DISEASE DROPOUT DRUG DRUG COMBINATIONS DRUG DEPENDENCY DRUG INJECTING DRUG INJECTORS DRUG INTERACTIONS DRUG MISUSE DRUG SUPPLY DRUG TOXICITY DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG TREATMENT DRUG USE DRUG USER DRUG USERS NEED DRUGS USERS DURATION OF TREATMENT ECSTASY EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENDOCARDITIS EPIDEMIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC DATA EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUAL ACCESS FAMILIES FEMALE SEX WORKERS GENITAL ULCERS GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GRASS-ROOTS HARM REDUCTION HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS HEALTH AUTHORITIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEPATITIS HEPATITIS C HEROIN USE HERPES HIGH-RISK HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV INFECTION HIV POSITIVE HIV PREVENTION HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS HIV TESTING HIV TRANSMISSION HIV/AIDS HOSPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ILLEGAL DRUGS ILLICIT DRUG USE ILLICIT DRUGS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION INFECTION RATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INFORMED CONSENT INJECTING DRUG USE INJECTING DRUG USERS INJECTION DRUG INJECTION DRUG USE INJECTION DRUG USERS INJECTION EQUIPMENT INTERVENTION ISOLATION LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LIVER LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM CARE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICATION MEDICINE MENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS METABOLISM METHADONE METHADONE PROGRAM MORBIDITY MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY MORTALITY MOVEMENT DISORDERS NATIONAL AIDS NATIONAL CAPACITY NATIONAL HEALTH NEEDLE SHARING NEEDLE STICK NEEDLE USE NEEDLES NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NURSE NURSING OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION OSTEOMYELITIS OUTREACH WORKERS OZONE PARANOIA PATHOGENS PATIENT PATIENT EDUCATION PHARMACEUTICALS PHARMACY PHYSICAL ABUSE PILL PILOT PROJECTS PLASMA VIRAL LOAD POLICY MAKERS PREVALENCE PREVALENCE RATES PREVENTION EFFORTS PREVENTION STRATEGIES PRISONS PRIVATE CLINICS PROGRESS PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS REHABILITATION RISK GROUPS RISK OF EXPOSURE RISK OF TRANSMISSION RISK TAKING SANITATION SCREENING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE SEX TRADE SEX WORKERS SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS SEXUAL EXPOSURE SEXUAL PARTNERS SEXUAL PARTNERSHIPS SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUAL RISK SEXUAL TRANSMISSION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SKIN INFECTIONS SOCIAL FACTORS SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SERVICES STAPHYLOCOCCUS STERILE EQUIPMENT STERILE SYRINGES STIMULANTS STIS SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBSTITUTION THERAPY SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TB CONTROL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THERAPEUTICS THERAPIES THERAPY TOLERANCE TREATMENT SERVICES TUBERCULOSIS UNAIDS UNSAFE SEX USE OF ALCOHOL USE OF DRUGS USE OF HEROIN VACCINE VICTIMS VIRAL LOADS VIRUS VIRUSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOLUNTARY COUNSELING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WAR WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH The World Bank initiated a review of HIV prevention among injection drug users in Thailand, with the objective of providing technical assistance to strengthen national capacity to develop state-of-the-art injecting drug use harm reduction interventions. Thailand has received international recognition for its successful interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV among female sex workers and military recruits. It is looked upon as a role model for HIV education and awareness campaigns that include the extensive promotion and wide acceptance of condoms as an HIV prevention strategy. Thailand has the most progressive and comprehensive antiretroviral program in the region with a reported coverage of over 80 percent of eligible individuals. In 2001, it embarked on a progressive universal health care program that provides free access to a wide array of health care diagnostics and therapeutics for the people of Thailand. With these impressive achievements, it is remarkable how poorly Thailand has responded to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDUs). From available data, it appears that the HIV prevalence rates among IDUs have remained high and stagnant over the last decade. Failure to provide effective interventions to reduce HIV transmission among drug users has resulted in unnecessary suffering, and for many, HIV-related death. Continued inaction threatens to undermine successful HIV prevention efforts in the country through ongoing HIV transmission among injection drug users and their sexual partners. The current focus on enforcement and punishment, along with the reliance on compulsory drug treatment centers, has done little to control drug use in Thailand. The unintended consequence of this approach has been to push drug users into precarious and dangerous environments that have directly led to risky drug using patterns and persistently high rates of HIV transmission. Adopting a harm reduction approach to deal with injection drug use could have a major impact on reducing HIV transmission as well as engaging drug users into better health care and effective drug treatment. This will require strong leadership in key government Ministries and related agencies so that the central stakeholders can roll out harm reduction programs. Thailand has the potential to greatly reduce the transmission of HIV among injection drug users and become a regional leader in harm reduction. 2017-06-02T20:24:27Z 2017-06-02T20:24:27Z 2011-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/678211468310529526/Harm-reduction-policies-and-interventions-for-injection-drug-users-in-Thailand http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26868 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Thailand

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