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City Hall drive targets STD awareness
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/02/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is conducting a campaign to raise awareness about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) ahead of Valentine's Day to protect teenagers in the capital from health risks.
The world's babies need antibiotics
Oped, Published on 28/11/2024
» Over the last half-century, the number of children who die before reaching the age of five has fallen dramatically, from around 20 million in 1960 to 4.9 million in 2022, largely owing to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI). Established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1974, the EPI has been extraordinarily successful in providing the youngest people with access to vaccines, saving more than 150 million lives. But while such progress is worthy of celebration, there is still much work to do, because newborns comprise half of all deaths in children under five each year, many of which are caused by infection.
Sexually transmitted diseases surge among young
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/04/2024
» The Disease Control Department has expressed concerns about unsafe sex among young people amid the increasing number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) reported over the past five years.
Alarm sounded over syphilis infections
Published on 30/12/2023
» Health officials are looking to tighten preventive and control measures after finding higher rates of syphilis and gonorrhoea among young people, says Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew.
Rise in HIV among young prompts 'safe sex' drive
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/11/2023
» A warning over risks associated with "safe sex" practices among Thai teens was on Monday issued after new figures showed a rise in HIV-positive youngsters.
Chiang Mai finds 2 mpox cases, dengue 'outbreak'
News, Panumate Tanraksa, Published on 24/08/2023
» CHIANG MAI: Two monkeypox (mpox) cases have been found in the city while the Chiang Mai Provincial Public Health Office has warned that over 5,000 people in the provincial capital currently have dengue fever.
Songkhla province detects first mpox case
News, Published on 20/08/2023
» Songkhla: The Songkhla Provincial Public Health Office has detected the first monkeypox (mpox) case in the province.
Kingdom records first death
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2023
» Thailand has recorded its first fatal case of monkeypox after a Thai man who was also HIV-positive and had syphilis, died of the virus, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said yesterday.
First monkeypox fatality in Thailand
Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2023
» Thailand's first fatality related to monkeypox occurred last week, a 34-year-old Thai man who already had HIV and syphilis, according to health authorities.
Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year: study
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» PARIS - Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women -- such as offering aspirin -- could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, new research said on Tuesday.