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Public health 'needs more financing'
News, Published on 15/06/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday defended an executive decree issued by him to borrow 500 billion baht to fund various Covid-19 projects, promising to allocate more money to cover public healthcare costs if need be.
Teaching firms about public health
Oped, Published on 21/02/2024
» Corporations are increasingly moving into the public health domain. Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being "pulled" by market opportunities for non-traditional actors to "disrupt" health care. Others are being "pushed" by the imperative -- highlighted by events like the Covid-19 pandemic -- to act as responsible community stakeholders, such as by helping to address health inequities.
Public health needs more attention
News, Published on 08/04/2024
» April 7 marks the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. It was on this day, in 1948, that the WHO constitution came into force for the first time.
Public health volunteers call off protest
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2020
» Public health volunteers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic decided against going ahead with a protest even though they are getting less than half the bonus payment promised by the government.
Public Health Ministry mulls new lockdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/04/2021
» The Public Health Ministry has proposed "targeted lockdown" measures and a new colour-coding system to identify provinces most at risk of the latest Covid-19 outbreak.
China's wall of public-health distrust
News, Published on 13/06/2022
» China's urban populations have been enduring some of the most intense infection-prevention measures of the Covid-19 pandemic. For 60 straight days, Shanghai's 27 million residents were forced into a strict lockdown -- and they were not alone. During the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave in the past two months, 45 cities with a total of 373 million people were under some sort of lockdown. That is more than the combined populations of the United States (329.5 million) and Canada (38 million), and 83% of the population of the European Union (447 million).
More hospitals join public health scheme
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/08/2022
» More private clinics will from next week be recruited to join the universal health scheme's primary care network in Bangkok, to make treatment more accessible and cheaper for members.
Yangon garbage fire a public-health menace
Published on 28/04/2018
» YANGON: Firefighters are still struggling to put out a fire that broke out a week ago in a massive garbage dump, blanketing Myanmar's largest city with foul-smelling smoke.
Public Health Ministry lifts phone charging ban
Online Reporters, Published on 07/01/2018
» Following heavy criticism, the Public Health Ministry has issued an order to revoke a ministerial announcement prohibiting its staff from using office supplies and assets, including a ban on mobile phone charging.
Public health budget hike of 13% sought
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/01/2018
» The rising cost of medicine and hospital visits has prompted the Ministry of Public Health to propose a public health-care budget of 193 billion baht, up 13% from its present level.