2010

HIV/AIDS drug resistance kit developed: Local model can detect more adverse reactions: Bangkok Post - December 1, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Thai scientists have developed a diagnostic kit to screen for drug resistance among people living with HIV/Aids. A new test kit, priced from 3,000 to 4,000 baht, costs about half that of an imported model, said Sunee Sirivichayakul, a member of the research team from Chulalongkorn University s faculty of medical scienc
Preventing HIV: Thailand shows the way: Bangkok Post - December 1, 2010; Dr Samlee Plianbangchang*; Despite great achievements in prevention and treatment, World Aids Day today reminds us that HIV/Aids remains a serious public health problem globally. In the 11 countries that comprise the World Health Organisation s Southeast Asia Region, the latest data suggest a downward trend in new HIV infections. But still, 3.5
Europe attacking access to affordable generic drugs: Bangkok Post - November 24, 2010; Paul Cawthorne*; Millions of people in developing countries rely on affordable quality generic medicines produced in India to stay alive. In fact, Medecins Sans Frontires (MSF) sources more than 80% of the HIV medicines it uses to treat 160,000 patients across the world from India, and a recent study found that from 2003-2008, more tha
Concert of giving: Bangkok Post - November 10, 2010; Concert pianist couple Artas and Indhuon Balakauskas, together with their students, will host the Gift of Heart charity concert this Sunday to put smiles on the faces of children with HIV/Aids. The concert will be held at the small auditorium, Thailand Cultural Centre, at 6pm. Admission is free. Pianists Artas and
EU pledges access to drugs for Thais with HIV/Aids: Bangkok Post - October 22, 2010; Achara Ashayagachat; The European Union has pledged to ensure that Thais living with HIV/Aids have access to essential and affordable medicines. David Lipman, ambassador of the EU Delegation to Thailand , said promoting access to medicines was an essential pillar of the EU s policy on intellectual property rights. Mr Lipman yesterday i
Activists fear deal will hurt Aids care: Bangkok Post - October 21, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Health activists fear a trade deal between the European Union and India will reduce access to life-saving drugs in developing countries. Talks are being held to finalise the India-EU free trade agreement, which is expected to be signed in December. A study published recently in the Journal of the International AIDS Soc
Thailand to host more studies for Aids vaccine: Bangkok Post - October 3, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; -- New Hope For HIV Prevention ATLANTA: Further Aids vaccine studies will be carried out in Thailand after a recent large-scale clinical trial for the first time offered hope for HIV prevention by vaccination. Researchers are planning to conduct small-scale experiments as early as the middle of next year to carry on fr
Combating A Silent Killer: Bangkok Post - October 2, 2010; Anjira Assavanonda; Panic struck when HIV/Aids first arrived in Thailand , but 26 years on, the fight against this deadly disease is gaining momentum, writes Anjira Assavanonda Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) emerged in Thailand 26 years ago. In October 1984, doctors at Ramathibodi Hospital confirmed the first Aids case in Thai
Local Aids drugs will cut import bill: Bangkok Post - September 27, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; Thailand s anti-Aids drug import bill is likely to fall after the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation opens its multi-million-baht drug factory later this year. The first batch of anti-retroviral medicines efavirenz and lopinavir / ritonavir
HIV/Aids drugs licence extended: Bangkok Post - August 3, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul; The Public Health Ministry plans to extend the licensing period of two HIV/Aids drugs this month. The decision to extend the licensing period was made yesterday at a meeting of representatives from the Disease Control Department, the Department of Intellectual Property, the Foreign Ministry, the Government Pharmaceutic
Thai youth group wins award for initiatives: Bangkok Post - July 23, 2010; The Youth Volunteer Group from Thailand has won the 2010 Red Ribbon Award at this year s International Aids Conference in Vienna. The group of children and youths living with HIV was among 25 organisations shortlisted from about 700 bodies worldwide to receive the award announced on Monday at the conference. The Yo
Editorial: The licensing of key drugs: Bangkok Post - June 16, 2010; The government continues to do the right thing in the wrong way, regarding so-called compulsory licensing. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit announced the latest twist to this controversy on Monday after chairing a meeting of the National Health Security Office. He and the NHSO board had just voted to ignore th
NHSO extends drug licensing: 'Move ensures Aids medications available': Bangkok Post - June 15, 2010; The National Health Security Office board has opted to extend its compulsory licensing in order to produce generic versions of two life-saving Aids drugs until the end of their patents. The extension of the scheme which overrides the patents for Efavirenz and a combination of Lopinavir and
No proof 'bad blood' was UDD's: Bangkok Post - April 3, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul and Supoj Wancharoen; Ramathibodi Hospital has confirmed a recent blood sample it tested was contaminated with the HIV and hepatitis viruses, but says it has no way of verifying claims the blood came from anti-government protesters. The hospital on March 18 received the sample of blood which was allegedly used in the red shirt protests, Rat
Doctors say HIV found in red shirts' splattered blood: Bangkok Post - April 2, 2010; Apiradee Treerutkuarkul and Aekarach Sattaburuth; Doctors say tests have confirmed the blood splattered by the red shirts two weeks ago was contaminated with infectious diseases like HIV and hepatitis and also mixed with pig s blood. The claims have angered the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, who questioned the testing procedures and threatened to ch
Health staff: HIV detected in splattered blood: Bangkok Post - April 1, 2010; Samples of the blood that was splattered by the red-shirts at the gates of Government House and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva s house on March 15 and 16 were found to have three kinds of highly contagious viruses - hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HiV. The blood, which United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UD
HIV/Aids hotline: Somewhere to turn: Bangkok Post - January 12, 2010; What would you do if you felt you were infected with HIV? Who would you turn to: your doctor, parents, husband, wife or best friend? According to the Aids Access Foundation, people who are worried they are infected with HIV usually keep it to themselves, internalising the stress instead of speaking out about their worr
Improving the lives of Aids sufferers: New book, 'Tammai Tong Hai', is hoping to raise funds for a hospice: Bangkok Post - January 5, 2010; Although it has been nearly three decades since the first case of Aids hit Thailand , public misconceptions about the syndrome remain prevalent and patients with full-blown Aids are often shunned by their communities, and even their own families. That is why Phra Alongkot Dikkapanyo s temple hospice to help terminally
Aids battlers roll with punches: Bangkok Post - January 4, 2010; Achara Ashayagachat; While scores of middle-class Thais complain about empty pockets and hardship, many underprivileged people are steadfastly setting about their quest to achieve happiness in the Year of the Tiger. Mia (not her real name) could not afford to embrace the festive mood of the New Year like other people. The 29-year-old HIV-i

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