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May 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to the report, 2.5 percent of the Cambodian migrants in Thailand have been affected by HIV. However, many of them have difficulty to access key treatments such as antiretroviral therapy (ART).
NGOs and local associations argue that many migrants do not have access to antiretroviral, as the treatment costs are too high.
“The main problem remains the high cost of HIV treatment. We need to find a way to use intellectual property to lower its cost. We have to make sure that migrants have better HIV services available before ASEAN community takes place in 2015,” Nachar Prisaracorn, an NGO worker told Press TV.
Thailand’s Ministry of Health has adopted a new national strategy for to make certain that migrants and any person living with HIV in Thailand, regardless of their nationality, have access to HIV treatments.
However, migrants find themselves blocked by some obstacles such as language and the temporary nature of migration as treatment needs a constant follow up.
NGOs warn that the challenges of cross border navigation make it difficult to maintain a treatment follow up and will need a tighter collaboration with the government to succeed.
In addition, Thai and Cambodian governments have agreed to allow Cambodian migrants to return to their home country to obtain a three-month supply of antiretroviral therapy when needed.
Thailand is home to more than 5 million migrants from Cambodia, Lao and Myanmar, who play a fundamental role in the country’s economic development.
TNP/JR
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