UNAIDS

GOALS FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

supporting materials to the military units responding

As in many other natural and man made emergency

to the immediate post tsunami crisis

settings, the tsunami s impact on Thailand has helped

Translation into Thai and dissemination of pre  and

to increase the vulnerability of the affected areas and

post emergency HIV and AIDS guidelines, good

populations to HIV/AIDS in the following four key ways,

practices and lessons learned

however slight those effects may prove to be:

Promotion of the importance of developing and

integrating responses to HIV and AIDS risks and

Reduced social stability and support through a

vulnerabilities in the Tsunami recovery and rehabili 

disruption of social order, stable relationships, so 

tation initiatives.

cial and cultural mores and structures.

In the immediate aftermath, interrupted access to

LOCATION

essential public and community services in many

UNAIDS initiatives cover all tsunami affected provinces

affected areas.

and key actors.

Increased potential for personal insecurity and the

risk of sexual  and gender based violence and assault

PROGRAMME PERIOD

in a number of affected areas.

All programmes are expected to have been completed

Perhaps most importantly for longer term

by the end of January 2006.

vulnerabilities to HIV infection, the tsunami also

effectively destroyed incomes, assets and livelihoods

RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

for thousands of people.

5,000 reusable plastic condom promotion

"pockets"

 with condom promotion and use infor 

In this process of post tsunami recovery, rehabilitation

mation in Thai, in addition to condoms supplied

and rebuilding in Thailand, the UN System is working

for the pockets.  These materials, distributed

to ensure that our long term responses to this tragedy

through AFRIMS, were made available to military

will promote the sustainable social and material

units serving throughout the tsunami affected

preparedness that will help these communities cope

provinces.

with HIV and AIDS for years to come.

It is expected that 

5,000 copies

 of pre  and post 

emergency HIV and AIDS guidelines, good practices

PARTNERS

and lessons learned will have been translated into

Government: Ministry of Public Health

Thai and disseminated to emergency response

NGOs: Population & Community Development

partners throughout the country by 31 January

Association, Thai Red Cross, World Vision

2006. This effort will help to improve the on going

UN agencies: ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF

national emergency preparedness and recovery

responses in the post Tsunami period. These

DONORS

documents include the Inter Agency Standing

Total funding from UNAIDS resources amounts to USD

Committee s guidelines for the integration of HIV

15,000, of which 75 per cent had been expended as of

and AIDS into the emergency preparedness, emer 

31 October 2005; it is anticipated that the balance will

gency response, and recovery phases of any emer 

be expended before 31 January 2006.

gency.

UNAIDS Thailand has worked with UN System,

PROGRAMMES

governmental and non governmental partners to

The direct contribution of UNAIDS Thailand to the tsunami

ensure that responses to the tsunami integrate

S

response and recovery effort in Thailand has concentrated

appropriate  HIV and AIDS programming where

EX

on three primary efforts:

possible and relevant, including most particularly

EN

Provision of Emergency Response HIV Prevention

reproductive health and livelihoods programming.

NA

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