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New law sparks fears over drug price hikes
Jon Fernquest, Published on 19/05/2017
» New law allows govt hospitals & clinics to make their own deals. Threat to GPO which supplies low cost drugs to Thailand's universal healthcare program.
Thailand's new healthcare policy a threat to the poor?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/06/2013
» Healthcare policy has changed to favour private hospitals, drug companies & medical tourism. Not made public, favours business, threat to universal healthcare.
Asbestos kills, that's for sure
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/04/2013
» The World Health Organization & Thai doctors know it, but the public health ministry seems more interested in serving business interests.
Out with notebooks, in with tablets & smartphones
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/04/2013
» Not long ago, notebooks replaced desktops, now tablets & smartphones replace notebooks, with declining sales tech markets change quickly.
How the poor never get cheap medicine
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/09/2011
» 1,960 out of 2,034 Thai patents in last 10 years, large foreign companies working to keep medicine expensive for longer & profits high.
Body Shape: Change it with nutrition and exercise
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2011
» Your bones, muscles and, most importantly, your fat determine your shape and how you appear to other people.
Food labels for food safety
Jon Fernquest, Published on 14/03/2011
» Learning to read food labels can reduce the risk of buying food with dangerous chemical residues.
Thai-US Free Trade Agreements and lifesaving drugs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/12/2010
» Trade opportunities that Thailand might gain from a Free Trade Agreement with the US have to be weighed against increased cost of life-saving drugs which might well become less accessible.