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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 '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.
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.
Agencies to propose ways to lower public transport fares
News, Published on 25/07/2019
» The heads of public transport agencies are expected to meet on July 30 to propose several measures to support the government's plan to cut public transport fares.
Health Ministry, agencies aim to deter recreational weed use
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/05/2022
» The Public Health Ministry has signed an agreement with eight agencies to emphasise the use of cannabis and hemp for medical, beauty and research and development use amid fears people will use it for recreational purposes when they are allowed to grow the plants at home from June 9.
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.