This is a picture of HIV-positive women in Thailand. Over a third of all fatalities among HIV-positive people including these patients in a women's ward in Thailand are from tuberculosis (TB). When TB is not treated properly, it can spread quickly among other HIV-positive patients, health workers and hospital visitors. More about HIV/AIDS in Thailand can be found at http://www.avert.org/aidsthai.htm and more about HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis can be found at http://www.avert.org/tuberc.htm.

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Photo credit: � WHO/TBP/Falise, Stop TB