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Ministry steps up Nipah virus vigilance
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2026
» The Ministry of Public Health has intensified preventive and surveillance measures against the Nipah virus, even as authorities stress that the risk of infection in the country remains very low.
Public health needs more attention
News, Saima Wazed, Published on 08/04/2024
» April 7 marks the founding anniversary of the World Health Organization. It was on this day, in 1948, that the WHO constitution came into force for the first time.
Govt ramps up vaccine distribution
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/04/2023
» The Public Health Ministry is speeding up the distribution of basic vaccines, which include polio and measles, to children across Thailand after a recent study found the immunisation rate among Thai children has dropped to about 80%.
Shoddy army purchases
News, Postbag, Published on 18/12/2022
» Re: "Navy still unsure about China sub engine," (BP, Dec 16).
Covid-19 now becoming a seasonal bug
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/12/2022
» Covid-19 is becoming a seasonal virus in Thailand, primarily active during two periods of the year, said Yong Poovorawan, director of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
Booster shots likely needed, expert says
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/04/2021
» Individuals who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, as well as those who have fully recovered against the disease, are likely to need booster shots to maintain sufficient protection against reinfection, a virus expert is warning.
CCSA is dreaming
News, Postbag, Published on 23/03/2021
» I'm deeply concerned with the road map presented by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation and Administration (CCSA), which lists as a goal "being able to achieve herd immunity with 45% of the population vaccinated".
WHO pushing hard for Covid-19 immunisation
News, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Published on 16/12/2020
» Immunisation saves lives and promotes life-long health and well-being. It is among the most powerful public health and development interventions that exist. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 response, the WHO South-East Asia Region has made urgent and sustained efforts to maintain immunisation as part of a broader commitment to ensure that all people can continue to access essential health services amid the pandemic.
Where there's smoke...
News, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2020
» People are more susceptible to die from the coronavirus if they have an underlying health problem.
Universal coverage kitty set to rise 6.5% in 2021
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/01/2020
» The National Health Security Office's (NHSO) board will ask the cabinet for 202 billion baht to fund the universal coverage (UC) healthcare scheme, covering 47.6 million people, in fiscal year 2021.