Kimberly Liao 84834383 Advocacy Proposal February 25, 2013 Advocacy Proposal The first solution is the National

Plan for the Prevention and Alleviation of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. This is a national policy compiled by The National Committee for HIV and AIDS Prevention and Alleviation in November of 2007. The goal for this policy is to have people practice safe sex behaviors in order to protect themselves and their families from the HIV infection and transmission. In order to ensure full awareness this policys objectives are to integrate prevention, care, treatment, and impact reduction strategies into service provision for all population groups. This plan differs from others because it relies more on local organizations and smaller groups to educate people on HIV/ AIDS. This plan suggests that the best way to combat the resurgence of HIV/AIDS is to have a network of organizations at the provincial and local level respond to the AIDS problem. The benefits of this plan could be that the message of safe sex could be more likely to reach the population if it came at a more personal level. Instead of having the government use all its funds on public television programs this method could be more effective because hearing the problem from a group of closer people could give the population a more accepting approach. This program however does not ensure success. The policy suggests that there be many levels of provincial leaders and organization and this complex hierarchy of leaders could be confusing. Moreover, because different people are educating in different ways there are too many inconsistencies within this policy, which could lead to confusion and unaccountability.

Another option could be the English for Life program. (EFL) EFL is a service program held by the Global Service Corps, which educates Thai youth on HIV/ AIDS prevention and trains them in English. The objectives of ELF are to increase the comfort level in which teachers are able to discuss sensitive issues related to youth sexuality in HIV/AIDS as well as to effectively use the English language to understand clear and accurate information regarding HIV/AIDS. The benefit of this program would be that it is targeting the most at risk group for people who are likely to get HIV /AIDS. Currently the disease has resurged because young teens are practicing unprotected sex at an alarming rate. In addition, schools were also the first place where government cut funding and as a result teens would receive less education on HIV/ AIDS. The negative aspects about this program would be getting children to attend these camps. How would the government be able to fund children to attend these summer camps? And if not funded would these teens have to pay out of pocket? Because this is not a government issue it is difficult to measure whether or not there would be substantial funding to educate these children. The last option would be to implement the Family Planning for Young People policy by the United Nation Population Fund. This policy was proposed in 2008 in Bangkok. It states that young people need to start planning families instead of practicing unsafe sex. Teens are contracting HIV/AIDS because they are not practicing safe sex and this program basically wants to map out the sex life of teens and have them hold responsible morals. This plan is beneficial because it can make the sex life of teens more organized. However it is deemed as almost impossible because in order for this plan to be successful there needs to be 100% moral dedication which is impractical to ask for. Out of all the policies I believe that the second one is the most probably to be successful. In order for the rate of HIV/ AIDS to slow down the government needs to target the most at risk

group, which are teens. Instead of giving clean needles and free condoms to people it would be much more useful if people were educated and understood how HIV/ AIDS works. Along with being educated about the disease it is also a good opportunity for children to learn English.

Working Bibliography

Fordham, Graham. A New Look at Thai AIDS: Perspective from the Margin. New York: Berghahn Books, 2006. Print.

Ross- Larson, Bruce. Thailand: Addressing HIV/AIDS- Proven Solutions and New Problems Reducing Poverty, Sustaining Growth- What Works, What Doesnt and Why (2004) n. pag. Web. 25 Feb. 2013

Fabian, Brian. Thailand Case Study: HIV/AIDS Youth Led Initiative. Global Service Cops, web. 25 feb. 2013