Published in International journal of epidemiology
Improving condom use rate is very important in order to prevent an HIV epidemic among the two types of CSW. This study also suggests it is important to prevent sexually transmitted disease (STD) such as Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The STD control programme could be efficient for HIV prevention, especially among DCSW.
Published in Contraception
A prospective study of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use in women aged above 35 years was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand. The objectives of the study were to evaluate efficacy, continuation rate, and side effects of DMPA use in these women. A total of 60 women were enrolled in a one-year clinical trial. Their mean age was 38 years. Most ...
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
The current conflict over watershed management between the lowlanders and highlanders in Chomthong has unveiled various aspects of the politics of people versus nature conservation. What is important is that the conflict has exposed the shifting and inconsistent views of the Thai state towards the peripheral areas and its people. Thus, on the one h...
Published in International journal of STD & AIDS
The goal of this study was to determine whether a urine two-glass test or a leucocyte esterase (LE) test of first-void urine (FVU) improve the sensitivity or specificity of the World Health Organization (WHO) algorithm for the syndromic management of men with urethritis in southern Thailand. A secondary aim was to determine whether infection with T...
Published in Joicfp News
This paper presents the findings of the sociocultural research survey of JOICFP concerning the issue of male involvement in reproductive health (RH) and its incorporation into programs and activities. The survey was conducted from May 1998 to September 1999 in four countries; namely, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, and the Philippines. It aims to provide ...
Published in International journal of STD & AIDS
In the developing world condom use among sex workers and their clients plays a dominant role in the transmission of HIV/STD. In Surabaya, Indonesia, data from the 1993 STD prevalence survey in female sex workers (brothels, street, massage parlours, barber shops, call-girl houses, and nightclubs) reveal that only 5% (33/692) of the brothel workers a...
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
There are tensions between Singapore's economic strategy of internationalization and the emphasis on family life. Frequent travelers, unaccompanied expatriates, and their families experience these tensions. The frequent or extended absences of frequent travelers and expatriates make it difficult for them to fulfill their family roles and obligation...
Published in Sojourn (Singapore)
For over 2 decades, until the economic crisis in mid-1997, Malaysia's rapid economic growth attracted an influx of foreign labor, mostly from Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. In 1997 the number of registered workers was estimated at 1.2 million and undocumented ones at approximately 800,000. The influx created various problems, of which ...
Published in Joicfp News
On February 1-16, 2000, a JOICFP team visited Laos and conducted a workshop to develop the information, education and communication (IEC) work plan for the year 2000. A follow-up on the progress of the activities in 1999 and further preparations for 2000 under the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Reproductive Health Sub-Program were also conducted. In ad...
Published in AIDS weekly
Vietnam will experience an extensive rise in the projected HIV and AIDS rates as reported by researchers. Although the country has already seen an extensive HIV spread among injecting drug users, the heterosexual HIV epidemic in Vietnam is still in its early phase. Researchers estimated that by the end of 1997 between 64,000 and 78,000 Vietnamese h...
