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Flu Strikes 1 Million Thais Annually: Urgent Vaccination Needed
Published on 20/11/2023
» According to a 2023 report from Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, over 300,000 Thai people were infected with influenza. Specialists believe probably one million people annually come down with the flu due to year-round occurrence. Moreover, unvaccinated people are at greater risk of recurring flu infection and the elderly are susceptible to flu-related severe illness or deaths because comorbidities can complicate their symptoms. The Influenza Foundation (Thailand) calls on the Thai Government to increasing offer free flu shot to people over 65 years of age and expand free flu vaccination to cover more school children who are likely to spread the disease. The flu vaccine is worth this investment and has been recognised as a cost-effective preventive measure for over 80 years.
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050
AFP, Published on 15/11/2023
» PARIS - Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".
Unlocking health technology's potential for all
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato, Published on 09/11/2023
» Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, offering a stark reminder of the lessons we ought to have learned from previous waves. Far from being confined to Covid, most of these lessons apply to infectious-disease threats generally.
Allianz Ayudhya on target
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 03/11/2023
» Life insurance firm Allianz Ayudhya Assurance is confident it can achieve its target of gross written premiums (GWP) of 37.7 billion baht this year after receiving 17.3 billion in the first six months.
More monkeypox cases, one death
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2023
» Twenty-four more cases of monkeypox were found in Thailand last week, and one patient infected with the virus died, the acting director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Monday.
Pay community health workers
Oped, Published on 26/10/2023
» At least six million women worldwide provide unpaid or grossly underpaid labour in community-health centres, often in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many work as community-health workers. But, though this is a skilled job that should be salaried, only 34 countries offer community-health workers (CHWs) accreditation, training, and salaries, leaving the majority exploited and therefore less effective for their patients. If we are serious about making "health for all" a global priority, this must change.
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
PM to ask Riyadh for help
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/10/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said he will ask Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince during a meeting between leaders of Asean and the Gulf Cooperation Council this week to help facilitate the return of Thai workers stranded in Israel by allowing Royal Thai Air Force aircraft to fly across Saudi airspace.
Air force brings home another 130 Thais from Israel
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/10/2023
» Another 130 Thais arrived home from Israel on a Royal Thai Air Force plane on Monday morning, the fourth group to have returned since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on Oct 7.
Hamas attack survivors reunite with families
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/10/2023
» Somboon Saewang, 35, told the media he lost six friends who were sheltering in the same work camp during a Hamas attack in Israel.