Table 2 Comparison of Cases
From: Common factors in HIV/AIDS prevention success: lessons from Thailand
Case | Policy Entrepreneur | Main Concept | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
Condom promotion in the 1980s | Founder of the Population and Development Association | -HIV/AID prevention -Promote the use of condoms through a humor communication strategy | Heighten visibility of condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS [2, 3, 23, 27] |
100% Condom Program | Director of the Communicable Disease Control Regional Office | -HIV/AIDS prevention -Promote the use of condoms among high risk groups (sex workers and their clients) by distributing 60 million free condoms annually in a collaboration between police, owners of sex establishments, sex workers, and public health officials [25, 31] | A 95% reduction in new infections [6] |
PMTCT program | Director of Research, Thai Red Cross | -Elimination of pregnant woman-to-child transmission | Reduction of the prevalence of HIV among pregnant women and of transmission from pregnant mother-to-child by 0.6 and 1.9% respectively in 2015 and eliminating PMTCT in 2016 [9, 12] |