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Procurement of vaccines for emergency use halted
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/11/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health has announced the cancellation of the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use.
Emerging monkeypox threat
News, Published on 07/08/2022
» Thailand has now found four monkeypox patients, including the first Thai woman last Friday. Given the apparent rise in infections, the Ministry of Public Health has come under pressure to formulate control and treatment measures.
Govt ups monkeypox alert level
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/05/2022
» Monkeypox is now classified as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance.
Covid lessons for cholera handling
Oped, Published on 04/05/2022
» Since Covid-19 engulfed the world two years ago, "unprecedented" has become something of a buzzword. But while the coronavirus has posed unique challenges at a time of deep global interconnectedness, pandemics are nothing new. The Covid-19 pandemic is not even the only one we are currently experiencing. In much of the developing world, cholera outbreaks are proliferating.
Superbugs lurk in local food systems
Oped, Published on 06/04/2022
» When you think of antibiotics, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a doctor prescribing treatment to a sick person. But the vast majority of antibiotics used are actually given to animals on factory farms. This overuse of antibiotics in the agricultural sector is fuelling a global health crisis, with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" killing more than one hundred Thais every day.
Long road to recovery for Indonesia
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/07/2020
» The days leading up to the Eid al-Adha festival, which this year will fall on July 31, are usually the busiest days of the year for Bintang Sapi Madani, a cow breeder in Bogor on the outskirts of Jakarta.
Getting fatter faster
Asia focus, Published on 23/10/2017
» Most people tend to associate obesity with "being rich" -- as incomes rise, so too do opportunities to consume more. However, the causes of this growing public health problem are more complex, while finding solutions is a growing challenge.
State officials given newpowers to deal with Ebola
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2014
» The Public Health Ministry has issued four announcements to grant full authority to health and state officials working to prevent the Ebola virus from spreading to Thailand.
Bacteria that no drug will kill
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2011
» Development of new antibiotics cannot keep pace with speed of drug resistance. Hospitals especially risky places.
Father of rural healthcare
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/06/2011
» As Dr. Sem Pringpuangkaew turns 100, a review of his life reveals a history of rural medicine in Thailand during the 20th century.