martes, 10 de marzo de 2020

Asia Daily Briefing - Thailand's HIV medical tourism



Thai medical tourism

 expands into new area: 

HIV prevention

Thailand is a leading global 
 destination for medical tourism,
 and a new, growing niche in this industry is for HIV prevention treatments that have been 
proven effective but are too 
expensive or not available 
elsewhere.

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