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FHI's Laboratory in Bangkok Blessed by Buddhist Monks MAY 2007—FHI's Product Quality and Compliance (PQC) Lab in Bangkok celebrated its opening February 9 with a formal open house and a Buddhist blessing ceremony. The new lab adds muscle to FHI's long-standing mandate of testing male condoms to ensure that they meet all international standards to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases.
From Deathbed to Bedside Counselor
Media Campaign Messages Hit Home for MSM
FHI Leads HIV Prevention Trials Network in Thailand As the Coordinating and Operations Center (CORE) of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), FHI/Thailand is working with U.S.-based researchers and the HIV Prevention Trials Unit in Thailand. Johns Hopkins University is collaborating with the HPTU in Chiang Mai to develop and implement clinical trials and related studies of HIV prevention interventions as part of the HPTN research agenda.
FHI Addresses Discontinuation of Contraceptives By Women Who Do Not Wish to Become Pregnant An estimated one million unintended pregnancies every year result from misuse or discontinuation of hormonal contraceptives. FHI researchers are working to estimate how often women who use DMPA, combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and condoms stop using any method or switch to another method. This information will be important to those who counsel women, develop family planning programs, and create strategies that encourage use of contraceptive methods to prevent both pregnancy and HIV. Researchers Studying Barriers Women Face in Receiving DMPA Service providers often deny DMPA to women who are late for their scheduled reinjection. FHI is analyzing pregnancy rates among clients up to four weeks late for reinjection to reassure providers that pregnancy is unlikely in these women, thus eliminating one of the barriers women face in continuing use of this method.
The Asian Epidemic Model (AEM) Projections for HIV/AIDS in Thailand: 2005–2025 (2009) Thailand: Clinic Addresses Health-Services Gap along Thai-Burmese Border Making Prevention Work: Crossing Borders: Reaching Mobile Populations at Risk Developing a Comprehensive HIV/AIDS/STIs Program for Uniformed Services BSS: Tracking Trends in Sexual Behavior
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DECEMBER 2007 — The Mercy Center offers antiretroviral treatment, outreach education, and home and hospice care to people living with HIV/AIDS around Bangkok. The center's outreach team cares for more than 530 patients. Meet one man who was brought to the center to die. He received treatment, recovered, and now volunteers as an outreach worker.
JANUARY 2007 — Last year FHI conducted a promotional campaign that reached an estimated 35,000 men who have sex with men. The campaign stressed consistent condom and water-based lubricant use, and regular HIV testing and sexually-transmitted infection check-ups. A review of the campaign found it reached a high proportion of MSM and that the health and HIV prevention messages hit home. 
