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Avian and Human Influenza Since 2003, a devastating epidemic of avian influenza has predominately affected poultry flocks in East Asia-particularly in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and China.For more information enter the UN Avian and Human Influenza web portal.
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| Thailand |
Thailand is a middle-income country that has seen remarkable progress in human development in the last twenty years. Thailand now has a Human Development Rating of 0.768 . It will achieve most if not all of the global Millennium Development Goals well in advance of 2015. Thailand has reduced poverty from 27% in 1990 to 9.8% in 2002, and the proportion of underweight children has fallen by nearly half. Most children are in school; universal primary school enrolment is likely to be achieved within a few years. Malaria is no longer a problem in most of the country. Annual new HIV infections have been reduced by more than 80% since 1991, the peak of the epidemic. Strides are being made toward gender equality.
| Thailand: Facts at a glance |
| Head of state: |
His Majesty the
King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Prime minister: |
Abhisit Vejjajiva |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs: |
Kasit Piromya |
| Minister of Interior: |
Chaovarat Chanweerakul |
| Minister of Finance: |
Korn Chatikavanij |
| Population: |
64 million (2005) |
| Capital: |
Bangkok |
| Area: |
513,115 sq km
(198,115 sq miles) |
| Major language: |
Thai |
| Major religion: |
Buddhism |
| Life expectancy: |
69.4 years (men)
73.9 years (women) 2 |
| Monetary unit: |
1 baht = 0.026 USD.
1 USD = 33.50 Baht.
(rates as August 2008) |
| Main exports: |
Food and live animals, office equipment, textiles, rubber |
| GNI per capita: |
US $2,190 (World Bank, 2003) |
| GDP per capita (PPP US$ 2002): |
$7,010 1 |
| Poverty (national poverty line): |
9.8 % 3 |
| Human development index rank: |
76 1 |
| Adult literacy: |
92.6 % 1 |
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