Some interesting issues surround HIV testing surfaced at the recent 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held in Manila, the Philippines from October 25-29, 1997. Likely the results will be available early next year, perhaps in January or February. From what I heard in Manila from Thai colleagues, health providers and women are already preparing for possible good news.
Several questions come to mind.
If able to address these issues, please share with the broader SEA-AIDS network the experience in Thailand. Such sharing will help public health officials throughout Asia who want to address such issues early. The alternative, of course, is to sit by and watch people make mistakes that otherwise could have been avoided.