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What a year for the human body
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/12/2017
» From Toon's super-marathon to the 'sugar tax', we look at the big issues of the past year concerning Thailand's healthcare.
A shot in the arm
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 19/09/2017
» Thailand found itself in the hot seat in 2009 when the country could not find vaccines to purchase during the H1N1 flu pandemic that wreaked havoc in many countries and killed over 12,000 worldwide in that year alone. While the country struggled to buy the shot, the United States and Japan had inoculated their citizens six months earlier.
To be or not to be vaccinated
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 22/08/2017
» Thailand celebrated last year when the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer was finally added to the National List of Essential Medicines after an ongoing push. Given its cost-effectiveness, the shot was approved to be administered for free during the pilot phase, which started on Aug 1 to 400,000 fifth-grade students nationwide -- an achievement for the government and health advocates, a boon for the public.
Early protection is the best medicine
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 20/10/2015
» For the past 30 years, Thailand's sexually-active female population has been encouraged to undergo cervical cancer screening, but it's only in the last decade or so that there's been a national screening programme, initiated by the Public Health Ministry and the National Health Security Office, allowing women aged between 30-65 to get tested for free.
Going viral
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 03/09/2013
» When Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones announced a split last week after 13 years of marriage to "evaluate" their relationship, for some people thoughts turned to human papillo-mavirus (HPV). Two months earlier, Douglas had made comments about his throat cancer, saying that it had been caused by the virus and was contracted from oral sex. He later clarified this, saying he did not contract it from Zeta-Jones and media outlets have reported that it was likely a pre-existing infection.
B600m for HPV vaccine is too much, claim critics
News, Published on 17/05/2012
» The Public Health Ministry's plan to seek cabinet approval for a 600 million baht budget for human papilloma virus vaccination to help prevent cervical cancer for all Prathom 6 (Grade 6) girls has come under fire.