BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of premature death and disability from disease in Thailand and the death toll is rising in some other Southeast Asian countries, findings from a new U.S. study published on Wednesday showed.
While the epidemic in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia is not nearly as severe as that in sub-Saharan Africa, the problem is significant, especially because HIV/AIDS largely affects young adults, the study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington said.
The study, which appeared in the peer-reviewed journal AIDS, examines the impact of HIV/AIDS in terms of “disability-adjusted life years”, a measurement which combines years of life lost to premature death with years lived with disability.
Thin Lei Win
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