Thailand: A Country with an Exceptional Reputation of Treating HIV and Other Illnesses
In 1984, the first official diagnosis of HIV was made. The disease quickly spread, especially through mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). In 1988, the first HIV-exposed infant in Thailand was born. Up to the mid-90s, the rate of MTCT rose to 20 to 40 percent, which was considered an epidemic wave of