Phuket News Center – Phuket Province, together with the Department of Disease Control and the provincial-level drive to end AIDS problems, “Empowering & Collaborating for Ending AIDS” is a pilot area to end AIDS by 2030.
At 11.30 am today (29 Nov) Mr. Pichet Panaphong, Deputy Governor of Phuket presided over the opening of the provincial network for ending AIDS problems “Empowering & Collaborating for Ending AIDS,” led by Dr. Preecha Prempri, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control. Dr. Kusak Kukiatkul Doctor of Public Health, Phuket Province Director of the Institute for Quality Assurance (Public Organization) Government and private agencies in Phuket attended at the Pago Grand Conference Room, The Pago Design Hotel Phuket, Ratsada Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket Province.
Mr. Kusak Kukiattikul Phuket Public Health Doctor said that AIDS is a public health problem that is important to the world. Thailand has driven the National Strategy on Ending AIDS from 2017 to 2030 with the main goal of “Non-Death, No Stigma”. Up to 1,000 per year, “no deaths” means reducing the number of deaths in AIDS to less than 4,000 per year, and “no stigma” means reducing discrimination related to A. HIV and gender decreased by 90%
Phuket Province The goal is to end the AIDS problem by 2030, in line with the commitment of Thailand. by accelerating access to services and improving the quality of HIV care Until the results of operations during the year 2018 – 2020 continued to improve as follows: The number of HIV infected people who were aware of their infection status increased from 100 percent to 117%. HIV access to HIV antiretroviral therapy This rose from 66 percent to 82 percent, and those who received ACEV were able to suppress the viral load in the bloodstream. increased from 83 percent to 85 percent
from that information It shows the opportunity for continuous improvement in the care of people living with HIV and AIDS that will affect their health and quality of life. To drive to end AIDS problems and develop quality standards for prevention and care services for people infected with HIV, AIDS, including sexually transmitted diseases. achieve that goal
Phuket Province, together with the Department of Disease Control, the Institute of Quality Assurance (Public Organization) and the Thai-US Cooperation Center public health have joined together as a network to drive the end of AIDS at the provincial level and organized the opening of the provincial network of AIDS ending projects “Empowering & Collaborating for Ending AIDS”, with a memorandum of understanding ceremony between the Department of Disease Control and Phuket Province. and the Institute for Quality Assurance (Public Organization) to end AIDS at the provincial level, organizing a panel discussion on the topic of “Cooperation to End AIDS”, as well as organizing World AIDS Day campaign activities by network partners today, with participants from government agencies, private sectors, and civil society International organizations, a total of 100 people
Phichet Panaphong, Deputy Governor of Phuket Province, said AIDS is a major public health problem in Thailand and Phuket around the world. Due to the impact on society and the economy as a whole for a long time In addition, during the past year, there was an epidemic crisis of COVID-19. This affects the prevention and control of various diseases 1, including AIDS. However, the acceleration of ending AIDS by 2030 is still an important policy of the country. Phuket Province There is a drive to end the AIDS problem. in line with the commitment of Thailand According to the report of the Public Health Doctor of Phuket, it was found that during 2018 – 2020, the results of operations continued to improve, and in 2021 there was an estimated 4,816 living HIV infections. The main cause of infection is unprotected sex. Service performance There was a 115% rate of diagnosed (known) cases, 83 percent of those receiving antiretroviral therapy, and 82 percent of those who successfully suppressed the virus.
Phuket Province has joined as a network to drive to end AIDS problems at the provincial level with support from the Department of Disease Control Quality Assurance Institute (Public Organization) Thai-US Cooperation Center public health as well as cooperation from network partners in the public sector, the private sector, and the civil society sector. in Phuket to be “End AIDS Province” with 3 main goals: 3 T
And an important strategy to drive the end of the AIDS problem in Phuket is using the RRTTR process, including Reach (Access), Recruit (take the target audience to health services), Test (detect infection), Treat (antiretroviral therapy), and Retain (constant in the system), which must create accurate knowledge for agencies, organizations, establishments and people on HIV, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases reducing risk behavior reduction of stigma access to services And health networks, both public and private, need to develop a quality care service system, open a provincial drive network project to end AIDS problems.
Today, it demonstrates the strong commitment of a network of agencies and personnel from the public, private and civil society sectors. It is an opportunity to exchange knowledge and cooperation to end the AIDS problem. as well as to publicize the drive to end the AIDS problem of Phuket and will continue to be a model for other provinces
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