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Local doctor to receive WHO award
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/02/2026
» Director of Umphang Hospital in Tak province, Worawit Tantiwattanasap, will receive the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize 2026 in recognition of his humanitarian service and sustained efforts to expand healthcare access for vulnerable populations in remote border areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced.
Alert sounds over rise in malaria cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2024
» Tak province has become a hotspot for malaria infections, and serious action is being taken to prevent further outbreaks, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Malaria makes a comeback
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2022
» The government's commitment to eradicating malaria by 2024 is facing a tough challenge. The infection rate this year is 2.5 times higher than last year, with 8,229 cases and counting.
Travellers to be monitored for monkeypox
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/06/2022
» Health authorities are keeping a close watch on international arrivals from several countries where cases of monkeypox have been detected.
Covid downgrade 'needs time'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/06/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has yet to consider when it will reclassify Covid-19 as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance despite the recent easing of more restrictions.
Anutin wants Covid reclassified to let govt avoid paying for treatment
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/06/2022
» Ending the government's burden of paying for Covid-19 treatment is more important than declaring the disease endemic, so the health minister is proposing to reclassify it as a "disease under surveillance".
12 people at risk of monkeypox
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/05/2022
» Health officials are monitoring the condition of 12 people who were in close contact with a traveller diagnosed with monkeypox who transited through Thailand for two hours while en route to Australia.
Volunteers readied to prevent Tak outbreak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/09/2020
» Authorities have been aggressively working to track and trace individuals who are at high-risk of Covid-19 infection since the pandemic began. These jobs are mainly carried out by over 1.2 million public health volunteers across the country, including in the border province of Tak.
Siriraj nod for trials of virus drug
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/05/2020
» Siriraj Hospital is gearing up to hold clinical trials of chloroquine, a medicine used to combat malaria for seven decades, after saying it shows promise in treating patients with Covid-19.
Malaria study goes cosmic
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/09/2019
» Thai and Japanese scientists have sent malaria parasite proteins into space in order to understand their structure and develop better treatments.