The National Health Commission Office had a golden opportunity to exchange experiences with a group of qualified Japanese individuals who played a vital role in tackling environmental problems in Minamata town. The group visited the office and attended an academic seminar on “Environmental Restoration and the...
The first meeting was held by the Health Assembly 2008 Organizing Committee and presided over by Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert. The 2008 Health Assembly Organizing Committee was appointed by the National Health Committee with the duty to draft official systems, conditions, and plans for the National Health...
The National Health Act can make a positive contribution towards achieving improved health for all. The first anniversary of the National Health Act, aimed at achieving equity in health, passed without fanfare last month. The Act, which emphasizes that good health is everybody's business, calls for...
An e-service system using Google Earth maps is being developed to show places where volunteers are helping distressed people throughout the country Many people want to join volunteer groups but don't know where to go. The map will help them find one. It's easy for them...
In this chaotic world, countless lives are struggling hard to make ends meet and to satisfy their endless greed only to find that they are trapped in a pool of suffering and in a the state of downtrend. One can find a hopeful light at the...
Sustainable Healthy Happiness: Healthy Communities in Society are the Pagoda's Base. It is not a tall order to establish heaven on earth or a civilized society. The significant turning point is to first start with the local community since it is the momentous substratum of...
Students of medicine at the Prince of Songkhla University are learning to get closer to patients to be able to treat them more effectively.About 200 hard-working medical students are spending their free time volunteering at hospitals. The Prince of Songkhla University students visit inpatients, chat with...
National Health Commission Office, in association with Health Law and Ethic Centre of Thammasart University, held a talk on ‘Think Twice before Testicle Removal’ on 9th April 2008 at Faculty of Law, Thammasart University. The reason for the talk came from recent...
Local Communities together with National Health Commission Office met with Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) for future local people owned TV programme. National Health Commission Office organized a meeting for Local Communities to meet Thai PBS on Thursday 17th April 2008...
The third meeting of the Health Assembly 2008 Organizing Committee was hosted by the Thai Chamber of Commerce on April 18, 2008. In the meeting, the Democrat Party’s Shadow Deputy Public Health Minister - Dr. Buranat Samuttarak, who represented the opposition party, also attended as...