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Just 63% of women want children: survey
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/09/2025
» A Health Department survey has revealed that just 63% of Thai women aged 19–49 want children, underscoring the need for comprehensive support to ensure quality maternal care.
Women urged to seek routine medical advice
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 13/03/2025
» Women, especially those who are pregnant and wishing to conceive, should routinely consult their doctors in an effort to protect their reproductive health, a seminar was told on Thursday.
Thai health ministry to overhaul law on surrogacy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2025
» The Public Health Ministry is revising the surrogacy law in response to the enforcement of the equal marriage law and welcoming overseas couples to have surrogate babies in Thailand.
BDMS Wellness Clinic's Innovative Fertility Technology Defrosts Couple’s Challenges
Published on 01/11/2024
» Pregnancy eligibility has recently been extended to women born in 1976 or later, thanks to the adoption of assisted reproductive technology in fertility treatment.
Starved dead whale choked on garbage
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 03/09/2024
» PHUKET - A pregnant whale found dead on a beach in Phuket on Monday had choked to death after ingesting large amounts of floating garbage.
Surrogacy problems to be covered by UHS
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/02/2024
» An amendment to the law regulating technology-assisted reproduction, better known as the surrogacy law, will see complications at any stage of the pregnancy covered under the universal healthcare scheme (UHS) when passed in the third quarter of this year.
Health Dept sounds alarm on falling birth rate
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2024
» PHETCHABUN: Thailand will face a labour shortage over the next 60 years with elderly people outnumbering those of working age if the declining birth rate remains unchecked, according to Heath Department director-general Atchara Nithiapinyasakul.
DSI raids clinics in surrogacy crackdown
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/09/2023
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) raided three clinics in Bangkok and one building in Nong Khai this week and arrested a man suspected of acting as an agent for a transnational surrogacy ring.
AI to aid forensic work in tackling sex crimes
Post Reporters, Published on 16/05/2023
» Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, will introduce AI to improve forensic sciences for sex-related crimes.
Dept touts IUDs to tackle teen pregnancy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/07/2022
» The Department of Health is concerned over unwanted pregnancies in adolescents and has emphasised the importance of birth control to avoid the problem.