Fading Smiles: One Third of Thailand's Gays Now Threatened by HIV

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Excerpt: “New statistics released by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health show that the Kingdom’s HIV infection rate among gay and bisexual men has risen to an all-time high of 30.7% in 2007.”

I don’t have them at hand, but figures for heterosexual infection are quite low, lower than many people think, thanks largely to a condom-promotion campaign by the Public Health Ministry. And it’s a rare hooker these days who won’t wear a condom.