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Lung diseases kill yet remain overlooked
News, Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 18/11/2025
» A senior representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all stakeholders -- governments, clinicians, journalists and advocates -- to confront chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), particularly Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), in the lead-up to World COPD Day on Wednesday.
Ministry to curb number of TB cases every year
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 24/03/2024
» The Public Health Ministry aims to reduce the number of tuberculosis (TB) patients by 5% every year.
Ministry ups efforts to end resistant TB
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/10/2023
» The Public Health Ministry is intensifying efforts against drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) as part of its goal of eradicating the disease from the country by the end of the decade.
Dept urges TB screening to prevent spread
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/09/2023
» The Department of Disease Control is urging the public to get screened for tuberculosis — especially individuals with underlying medical conditions which could aggravate the disease — in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease among the population.
Phone-scam warnings stepped up
Post reporters, Published on 12/08/2023
» The government has warned people about the increasing number of call centre scam gangs claiming to be state agencies.
New TB kit to curb spread
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/03/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has signed an MoU with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) control.
Learning from the best
News, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 08/03/2021
» Patama Chantaruck was named vice president for Indochina expansion and managing director of IBM Thailand in 2018, becoming the first female outsider to take the leadership role in the Thai operation of this US technology powerhouse.
Virus gets 'dangerous disease' tag
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/02/2020
» The national committee on communicable diseases has agreed to list Covid-19 as a dangerous communicable disease, a move that will allow health authorities to respond more quickly to contain the outbreak in the event of local transmission.
New clinics to screen virus
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/02/2020
» Special clinics for monitoring influenza patients will be opened to contain the novel coronavirus as both diseases produce similar symptoms, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
Coronavirus control focus on flu patients
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2020
» Health officials are surveilling influenza patients to better contain the novel coronavirus as both diseases produce similar symptoms, a senior ministry official said on Monday.