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Women's work
Asia focus, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/10/2021
» Amid wave after wave of Covid-19 in Japan, Mariko, a college lecturer and mother, has been working and raising her four-year-old daughter in an apartment shared by a family of four in Tokyo.
Despair for the 'lockdown generation'
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/06/2020
» Fin and Ploen, a young Thai couple I've known for some time, graduated with bachelor's degrees in Chinese language last year. Their dreams are simple: having jobs, saving some money and travelling the world. But the Covid-19 outbreak that made the lockdown inevitable has shattered their dreams.
Checking up on universal coverage
Spectrum, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 18/02/2018
» Installing the right medical facilities to take care of a sick family member at home could cost nearly the entire fortune for a household of six people. In the centre of Bangkok's commercial Lumpini area, the shabby-looking house of the Jan-urai family stands amid the Bon Kai community, a slum adjacent to the high-end Polo Club where the wealthy Bangkok elite gather for sporting events.
Health officials see ageing population as a priority
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/12/2015
» Treatment of chronic illness will be the emphasis of a range of new policies being adopted by public health authorities looking to deal with the country's ageing population.
Ministry eyes stem cell therapy adverts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/02/2015
» The Public Health Ministry is working on a bill to stop unverified commercial stem cell therapy services being advertised after finding some clinics making exaggerated claims.
NHSO plans elderly care fund
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/01/2015
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO), operator of the Universal Coverage (UC) scheme, will kick-start a fund for the elderly this year to pave the way for a long-term care system for Thailand's ageing population.
NHSO urges more worker contributions
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/10/2013
» The Social Security Office (SSO) should prepare for an ageing society by raising members' contributions by 5% every five years, says an academic from the National Health Security Office (NHSO).
P4P returns to state hospitals
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/10/2013
» The pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme resumed in some state-owned hospitals yesterday even as the Public Health Ministry mulled replacing it with another system more acceptable to health workers.
City singles in no hurry to tie knot
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/09/2013
» Twice a month, Varaporn meets her 29-year-old niece at a coffee shop in Bangkok to share their life stories.
School takes lead in loo lessons
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 11/06/2013
» Few schools are as serious about teaching students to use the toilet properly as much as they are about developing other skills.