NHCO held a forum to discuss the impacts of the ASEAN Economic Community with the concern that there may not be enough health personnel to serve patients from neighbouring countries and medical services for Thai people may be affected. Meanwhile, technology-supported transnational services become popular and lucrative...
The 7th Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD) of ASEAN acknowledged the terms of reference of and the framework for ASEAN Focal Point on HIA. Dr.Wiput Phoolcharoen, Chair of HIA Commission, Thailand reported the achievement of 1st HIA Workshop on the TOR and its framework to...
BANGKOK, 30 March 2012 – Health experts have asked the Thai government to raise the tax on tobacco to reduce the number of new smokers. Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center (TRC), government agencies, and the WHO have revealed a research finding, which says Thailand...
Closing the curtain of the 2nd Decade of Thailand’s Health Security System Conference, held from 21-22March, 2012 in Bangkok. Director of Health Systems Research Institute (HSRI), Dr. Pongpisut Jongudomsuk has given summary of opinion hearing from 536 healthcare staffs which constituted 36.9% of over 1,000 participants. The numbers included sub-district hospitals...
Globally, alcohol consumption is the third leading risk factor for death and disability. More than half of deaths due to harmful use of alcohol are resulted from non-communicable diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular diseases, liver cirrhosis, and infectious diseases such as HIV and TB as...
According to the National Health Act, the National Health Assembly (NHA) is determined to convene at least once a year. Normally it is in the second week of December. Thailand was severely hit by flood last year. This causes the postponement of NHA2011 to February 2012. The...
Asia Pacific report on the social and environmental determinants of health equity prepared by AP HealthGAEN network is being finalised for the launch at World Conference on Social Determinants of Health in Rio Dejaneiro, Brazil during 19 - 21 October. Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul...
'Evergreening' patents protect big producers. The Health Systems Research Institute has urged the Department of Intellectual Property to amend the Patents Act and application process to pave the way for greater access to medicines.Of the 2,034 patents granted during the past decade, 1,960 were categorised as...
Public health personnel and people’s organizations see ten tough challenges for new Public Health Minister Witthaya Buranasiri. 1. Doctor and Patient Relationship Doctors and patients have developed conflicts for a long time. Patients and their relatives are upset with medical treatment. They assume that doctors provide them with...
The innovative National Progress Index has been developed to measure Thailand’s economic growth and progress in all aspects, as well as to be used as guidance for national development. The National Statistical Office, in cooperation with the Department of Mental Health, Thai Public Broadcasting Service, Thai...