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1. Reducing girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: the Thai approach

   In Thailand, too many girls find themselves at an early age in the sex industry Young girls are thought to be "safe" and uninfected with HIV, but the risk of infection to them and their clients is very high. This UNAIDS Best Practice Case Study describes some of the responses to that problem, focusing on changing attitudes of girls and their parents to the sex industry, and on providing a means for girls to avoid becoming sex workers through improved education and career opportunities. …

2. Thailand: saving fun without risk = Thaïlande : s'amuser sans risque

   This video film describes how a Thai prostitute has been effectively sensitized by her doctor on the use of condoms for the prevention of HIV infection. She succeeds in convincing her customers and her colleagues to practice safer sex by using condoms.

3. Déclaration de consensus adoptée à l'issue de la consultation sur l'épidémiologie du VIH et la prostitution, Genève, 3-6 juillet 1989

   This document is the Declaration adopted by consensus at the end of a consultation on HIV, epidemiology and prostitution. The consultation was aimed at evaluating the potential role of prostitution in the transmission of HIV and at determining possible interventions based on the prevention of HIV infection among prostitutes and their clients.

4. Méthodologies de recherche-action : Projet Migration et SIDA : Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Sénégal

   This report reviews literature on population migration and HIV/AIDS in a selected number of French-speaking countries in West Africa. It points to a higher prevalence rate among some migrants groups. Socio-cultural, economic and behavioral factors (e.g., breakdown of social norms, prostitution, lack of awareness about STDs and AIDS)are discussed as factors contributing to the spread of HIV within migrating populations.

5. Résultats de recherche-action : Projet Migration et SIDA : Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Sénégal

   This study was carried out in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger and Senegal as part of a migration and AIDS project. It explores a complex range of issues among migrating populations and their socio-cultural environment with a view to identifying risk factors and vulnerability to HIV infection. There is a description of the study methodology and a discussion of ethnography of migration and sexual behaviours and beliefs. It examines possible intervention strategies and their assessment.