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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.
Mers patient leaves for home
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/07/2015
» The man at the centre of Thailand's only Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) case returned home to Oman yesterday evening after being given the all-clear by doctors.
Hospital discharges only Mers case after Omani ruled virus-free
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/07/2015
» A 75-year-old Omani man who became Thailand's only case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was declared free of the potentially deadly virus and given permission to travel again, officials said.
Man flees monitoring for Ebola
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/11/2014
» The Royal Thai Police and Immigration Bureau have ordered an urgent search for a 31-year-old man from Sierra Leone who lost contact with health officials while being monitored for the Ebola virus.
Academics ease Ebola fears
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/08/2014
» Academics have urged Thais not to panic over the Ebola outbreak because there is a slim chance it will spread to Thailand, even though the fatal virus has so far killed more than 700 people in Africa.
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.
Experts toil over H7N9 defence plan
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 24/06/2013
» Academics are working to strengthen Thailand's disease control and surveillance system in preparation for a possible outbreak of H7N9 bird flu.
Thai vet schools lead charge in region's bid to contain Animal-Borne illnesses
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/05/2013
» The never-ending outbreaks of highly contagious bird flu and other animal-related viruses have thrown a sharp spotlight on the need for veterinarians to delve deep into rural areas to teach livestock owners safe and sanitary husbandry practices.