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Funding dries up but Aids battle rages on
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 28/08/2025
» Kigali, Rwanda: The International Aids Society (IAS) Conference 2025 (IAS2025), held recently, in Kigali, Rwanda, provided a platform for Thai civil groups to reflect on how the US president's funding freeze will affect their work and the lives of those they are trying to save.
US funding cuts for Aids-HIV fight
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 17/04/2025
» Thailand's success in battling the HIV/Aids epidemic has been due, in part, to two major sources of funding from the United States: the US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Aid freeze a blow to global efforts
News, CHRIS GREACEN & PETER duPONT, Published on 07/02/2025
» It turns out the US government does important work around the world; work that, when suddenly cut off, leaves real people suffering.
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).
Youth need more opportunities
News, Prasert Tepanart, Published on 30/01/2023
» Young people are tomorrow's future, yet they face many challenges hindering proper opportunities to attain decent work and fulfil their aspirations. Fewer Thai youth have jobs than a decade ago, says the Ministry of Labour. The unemployment rate for young people aged 15–24 is seven times higher than the adult unemployment rate of 4.87%.
Nasa to assist with climate change aims
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 27/01/2023
» A House committee met with a US official from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) to discuss space-related programmes that can assist Thailand's climate change mitigation efforts.
Whose rule of law should the world follow?
News, Antara Haldar, Published on 03/01/2023
» In the early 2000s, there was a near-unanimous consensus among academic lawyers that the absence of the rule of law was strictly a "Third World problem" -- meaning one that the advanced economies of the Global North had solved. Yet, just over a decade later, the United States elected as president a man who would go on to incite an insurrection at the US Capitol, conspire to overturn an election that he lost, abscond with classified documents when he finally left the White House, and then call for the "termination" of the US Constitution.
Uni, USAID promote equal rights
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2022
» Thammasat University has joined hands with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to promote gender equality and create internship opportunities for women and LGBTQI+ students in the energy sector in Southeast Asia.
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.
US prods on food security
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 04/10/2022
» More innovation among members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) is needed to help improve food security in the region, a US aid official has said.