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Equality at heart of health plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/04/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health has joined hands with the Department of Corrections and National Health Security Office to encourage safer practices among 260,000 prisoners countrywide by increasing measures to screen sexual and respiratory disease transmission, saying that the prisoners should have equal rights to medical treatment.
Free contraceptives push aims to cut teen pregnancy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/02/2023
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has teamed up with Krung Thai Bank to give away condoms and contraceptive pills to Thai citizens insured by the universal health coverage (UHC) scheme via the Pao Tang mobile application.
Thai HIV response faces setback
Oped, Published on 21/02/2023
» Thailand was a model for how a country should respond to the HIV epidemic. Whenever there was an HIV innovation -- whether it be a drug or a behavioural approach -- Thailand would be one of the first countries to adopt it. This began with the 100% Condom Programme in the early 1990s and continued all the way to 2016, when WHO declared that Thailand was the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and syphilis, an impressive feat many countries are still hard-pressed to mimic. Thailand became one of the first middle-income countries in 2014 to embrace pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by supporting community-based organisations (CBOs) to test key populations, such as men who have sex with men and transgendered individuals, for HIV and provide this critical drug to them.
Sex ed needs revamping
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/02/2023
» Valentine's Day has become an event that policymakers and advocacy groups in Thailand use to launch campaigns against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and other gender issues. This year is no different.
Govt to distribute free condoms to Gold Card subscribers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/01/2023
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) is gearing up to distribute almost 100 million condoms for free to subscribers of the 30-baht universal healthcare scheme who reach reproductive age this year.
Almost 100m condoms to be rolled out for 30-baht card holders in 2023
Post Reporters, Published on 22/01/2023
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has prepared almost 100 million condoms for distribution to holders of 30-baht universal healthcare cards who are of reproductive age in 2023, NHSO secretary-general Dr Chadet Thammathat-aree said.
Covid to be excluded from banned diseases for visitors
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/09/2022
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a ministerial regulation to exclude Covid-19 from the list of illnesses that prevent entry to Thailand, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said.
Govt plans to end new HIV cases by 2030
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 13/09/2022
» Thailand plans to launch an online programme aimed at enhancing public access to HIV testing and HIV/Aids treatment while setting an ambitious goal to see no new HIV infections by 2030.
A call for help
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 23/08/2022
» We pull on layers to protect our vulnerable core. When they break, we are exposed and desperate for new shells, but they take time and do not come easily. Sometimes, we borrow them from the dead.
Monkeypox spreading through sex, but not an STI
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/05/2022
» For years, the dating application Grindr has doled out sexual health tips to its more than 11 million users. Now, the app, which serves the gay, bisexual and transgender community, is using its platform to get the word out about monkeypox, a virus that has long been endemic in parts of Africa but has recently spread to countries including the United States and the United Kingdom.