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UHC needs more funds
News, Editorial, Published on 05/09/2024
» With a Shinawatra returning to Government House, seeing the lavishing upgrade in the 30-baht universal healthcare coverage (UHC) is unsurprising. Nicknamed "the Gold Card" public healthcare system, it was conceived in 2002 under a Thai Rak Thai-led government with Thaksin Shinawatra as prime minister.
Patients need guidance
News, Editorial, Published on 10/01/2022
» As Thailand encounters the fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, clear guidance for health workers and patients is needed to avoid communication problems that can put patients at risk and undermine the government's Covid response.
Prepare for the worst
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2020
» After the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, Thailand has started to see a rise of local infection clusters over the past few days. There is a possibility that the country will soon enter Stage 3 -- when the virus spreads rapidly to considerable numbers of people at the community level.