Today (14 February 2024) Dr Thongchai Keerati Hatthayakorn Director General of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said that the Department of Disease Control is currently conducting a pilot project, Condoms Anytime, Anywhere ), which plans to launch a condom vending machine on 15 February 2024. grandstand area, LG floor, Siam Square One, Bangkok.
The project received private sector collaboration to test condoms. and AIV self-test kit To be installed together with a general drinks dispenser. Pressing on the part of the condom and HIV test kit It is a free service.
Dr Thongchai said the same for condoms Use the Department of Disease Control budget for HIV test kits. He is under NHSO benefits. But there is a problem with the distribution. We therefore need to work with the private sector to help them distribute it through drink vending machines.
Currently, two of these machines have been installed on a pilot basis in the Bangkok area since February 12. Around Siam Square One and Thonburi University in Bangkok which has received a great response It is therefore preparing to expand the area to install condom dispensers in 10 more locations in total.
It is believed that the press cabinet was installed in this way. It will make more people dare to use it. More than a dedicated condom dispenser
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Dr. Thongchai said Features of Condom Use In the past, it was often thought to be used to prevent pregnancy. But with the current situation An increase in the rate of sexually transmitted infections or diseases among adolescents has been found. Condoms are therefore an important tool for disease prevention.
Due to the present Situation of sexually transmitted diseases There is a continuously increasing trend, with 5 groups of diseases: syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, chancroid, venereal diseases, lymphadenitis. In the period 2017-2022, young people aged 15 and 24 years found a high rate of disease. And there is an increasing trend: in 2017, the disease rate was 99.6 cases per 100,000 people, but in 2022 the disease rate was 112.3 cases per 100,000 people.
The most common cause is unprotected sex. In line with behavioral surveillance data related to HIV infection in 2019, it was found that young people had a condom use rate of only 80% the last time they had sex and regularly used a condom every time with their boyfriend and girlfriend.
And I want people to understand the new story of HIV: test first, know first, treat quickly, don’t spread the disease, and currently the treatment has changed. If you eat regularly There is very little chance of further spread of the infection. even having sex It’s not like in the past when they thought that if they got infected they would die.
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