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Ministry targets cut in dengue, malaria
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/04/2014
» The Public Health Ministry vowed yesterday to intensify its campaign against diseases transmitted by mosquitoes including dengue fever and malaria.
NHS meet left without venue
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/03/2014
» The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) has expressed anger after a UN conference centre in Bangkok abruptly cancelled a booking it had made to stage its annual convention.
Thousands with TB lack treatment
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/03/2014
» A third of tuberculosis (TB) sufferers in Thailand are not receiving proper treatment, increasing the risk of spreading the disease and their chances of becoming resistant to multiple treatment drugs.
Rare disease neglected, warn experts
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/03/2014
» Health professionals have called on the government to arrange better access to state health services for patients with rare diseases.
Health group targets govt
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 12/02/2014
» The Thai Health Network (THN), the country's largest health professionals umbrella organisation, is organising a petition urging the government to quit.
Narong backs outlawing all asbestos use
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 01/02/2014
» Permanent secretary for Public Health Narong Sahametapat has backed a push to outlaw the use of all asbestos in Thailand.
DDC denies soldier dead from bird flu
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 31/01/2014
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has dismissed a report claiming that a soldier in Chiang Mai died from bird flu.
Starting life with a midwife
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/01/2014
» Giving birth in modern times is very different from the days gone by.
Experts urge less lead in paint
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/10/2013
» Health academics and consumer advocates have called on the government to issue regulations controlling the amount of lead in paint.
Hospital to face probe over home birth fatality
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 15/10/2013
» The Public Health Ministry will launch an investigation into whether a private hospital broke medical ethics by allegedly turning away a pregnant woman who was in labour, forcing her to give birth at home, which led to her baby dying.