Publications - Released in 2004
HIV/AIDS spending in Thailand was 4,943.32 millions baht (122.90 million USD) in 2004, nearly doubled from that of 2,623.27 millions baht (65.4 million USD) in 2000. HIV/AIDS spending per capita increased from 1.05 USD in 2000 to 1.91 USD in 2004 while expenditure per capita PLWA increased dramatically 2.3 times from 94.19 USD in 2000 to 214.68 USD in 2004. In addition, the share of HIV/AIDS expenditure to total health expenditure (THE) increased from 1.57% in 2000 to 2.64% in 2004.
There is a need to establish an integrated information system for the efficient management of HIV/AIDS resources. NASA is useful tool to inform policy decision on effective allocation of limited resources. It provides information on amount of resource used and pattern of spending. NASA reports resource availability, when matching with resource need forecast, a financial gap is estimated. Resources gap is important information for resource mobilization and efficiency improvement.