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News, Published on 19/09/2024
» Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) summarises global progress on malaria control. It details the number of cases in affected countries, shows year-on-year changes, outlines goals, and assesses the current funding landscape. The United Nations puts out a similar annual report for HIV/Aids. This regular tracking of serious public-health concerns is essential for addressing them effectively, because it can help channel resources to where they are most needed and identify interventions that are working.
Published on 18/09/2024
» Phitsanulok, Thailand – Mr. Phusit Somchit, Governor of Phitsanulok Province, and Ms. Chortip Salyapongse, Director of the Plant Protection Research and Development Office (PPRD) at the Department of Agriculture, recently presided over the opening ceremony of Bayer's new Inspection & Quality Control Building for Bayer’s Vegetable and Corn Seed Production in Phitsanulok. The event, held on September 17, 2024, was attended by local government officials, including Ms. Nongyao Korkanruad, Director of BOI Area 7 (Phitsanulok), Ms. Papassorn Wattanakulpakin, Director of the Phitsanulok Seed Research and Development Center, along with Mr. Weraphon Charoenpanit, Country Commercial Lead for Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar at Bayer Thai Co., Ltd., Bangla Bose, Head of APAC Product Supply, and Mr. Mark Nash, Vegetable Seeds Product Supply Tomato Crop Family Lead, as well as some Bayer employees.
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/09/2024
» Health authorities have launched an intensive vaccination campaign following the deaths of five people in the latest outbreak of measles in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces.
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has allocated a budget of 21 million baht to purchase 3,000 doses of mpox vaccine.
Published on 04/09/2024
» The person with the first confirmed case of mpox clade Ib variant detected in Thailand has recovered and returned home, public health officials said on Wednesday.
Editorial, Published on 01/09/2024
» Despite public concern over invasive species like the blackchin tilapia, which is rapidly spreading and threatening river and marine ecosystems nationwide, forest authorities are now putting rainforests at risk by seed bombing with non-native species. This reckless action must stop.
Oped, Postbag, Published on 24/08/2024
» Re: "10K wallet still 'to proceed'", (BP, Aug 22).
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/08/2024
» Thailand became the first country in Asia to detect the new mutated strain of the mpox virus, as the pathogen spreads to more geographies after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak in Africa a new global health emergency.
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 23/08/2024
» Tourism operators have expressed concerns over mpox as the first suspected case of a more transmissible strain of the virus was detected in Thailand.
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/08/2024
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened registration for mpox diagnostic test kits amid growing concerns over the spread of the viral infection.