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Thailand's Online Sex Trade Fuels HIV Crisis | Thailand News
Thailand’s HIV crisis is spiraling as the sex trade goes digital—skipping vital health screenings and leaving nearly 60,000 infections undiagnosed. With over 620,000 people living with HIV and 10,000 dying annually from AIDS-related causes, the country’s goal of slashing new infections to under 1,000 yearly is slipping away. Online platforms hide risky encounters from public health systems, especially harming transgender women and gay men already at higher risk. Despite existing treatments, fragmented outreach and missed check-ups mean delays in care—and more deaths. The epidemic isn’t…
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