Story of the Month

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : National Strategy on Illegal Marketing on Drugs, Foods and Health Products through Radio and Television Broadcasting as well as Internet

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

Situation: After the 4th National Health Assembly issued Resolution No. 5 on the suppression of illegal marketing on drugs, foods and health products through radio and television broadcasting as well as internet in 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formed a committee to implement the suppression....

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : School Catering System.

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

Situation: School meals in this agenda item refer to lunches at all schools at various levels from the level of nurseries to the level of high schools. A school meal project is not new. It has been implemented since 1952. In 1992, the government introduced an...

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : Regulation of Mass Media in Relation to Tobacco and Alcohol Business

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

Situation: Local and overseas academic information shows that young people, both male and female, are the targets of cigarette and alcohol companies because their consumption is higher than that of consumers in other age groups. They are the source of profits and benefits because of their long-term...

A research points out that the government should review the objectives of the Thai-EU FTA as it can do more harm than good and allow foreigners to monopolize the species of fauna and flora.

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The BioThai Foundation and the National Health Commission Office (NHCO) organized a discussion on the impacts of the planned Thai-EU Free Trade Agreement (Thai-EU FTA) on biodiversity. Participants urged the government to review the objectives of and benefits from its FTA negotiation with the European...

Five organizations join forces to rehabilitate Ban Nong Nae village and propose it be declared a pollution control zone

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) together with health and environmental academics brainstormed ideas to cope with contamination in villagers’ water sources in Nong Nae sub-district of Chachoengsao province as it is surrounded by hazardous waste disposal plants, garbage dumps and ponds of wastewater. The...

NBTC and FDA are tackling misleading advertisements by increasing fines and refusing to renew licenses

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) joins forces with relevant organizations to cope with misleading advertisements of drugs, foods and health products in accordance with a resolution of the National Health Assembly as there are misleading advertisements on local television programs, community radio programs...

A plan to increase the production of specialized doctors and nurses

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The National Health Workforce Commission predicts that in the next 20 years Thailand will face a dire shortage of specialized doctors. It urges concerned organizations to increase the production of the personnel. Meanwhile, it views that the 7-billion-baht plan to produce 27,960 new nurses is...

ThaiHealth and Pattaya City organized a world conference on health promotion to discuss the best investments for health

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) organized the 21st IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion 2013 at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall in Chon Buri province from Aug 25 to 29. Dr Michael Sparks, president of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), said...

NHC asks the cabinet to treat cycling promotion as a national agenda

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

The National Health Commission (NHC) proposes the cabinet to treat cycling promotion as local and national agenda and have relevant organizations develop infrastructures to support cyclists including the introduction of bicycle lanes and bicycle parking lots at government offices nationwide, beginning with universities and local...

Three professional associations urge the government to ban chrysotile asbestos

by Pectcharath Kongvichienchep

Story of the Month, 2013

October 25, 2017

On June 20, 2013, three professional associations namely the Association of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, the Occupational Health Nursing Association of Thailand and the Occupational Health and Safety at Work Association issued a statement to call for a ban on asbestos in all products. In...

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : National Strategy on Illegal Marketing on Drugs, Foods and Health Products through Radio and Television Broadcasting as well as Internet

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : School Catering System.

Hot Topic @ NHA 2013 : Regulation of Mass Media in Relation to Tobacco and Alcohol Business

A research points out that the government should review the objectives of the Thai-EU FTA as it can do more harm than good and allow foreigners to monopolize the species of fauna and flora.

Five organizations join forces to rehabilitate Ban Nong Nae village and propose it be declared a pollution control zone

NBTC and FDA are tackling misleading advertisements by increasing fines and refusing to renew licenses

A plan to increase the production of specialized doctors and nurses

ThaiHealth and Pattaya City organized a world conference on health promotion to discuss the best investments for health

NHC asks the cabinet to treat cycling promotion as a national agenda

Three professional associations urge the government to ban chrysotile asbestos

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