The secretary-general of the National Health Commission comes up with five proposals to reform health systems. He emphasizes the implementation of the “Health in All Policies” concept and encourages people to participate in formulating public policies to cope with political, economic, social, technological and environmental...
Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and the Thailand Cycling Club signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to encourage cooperation to implement a cabinet resolution on the development of systems and structures to promote everyday walking and cycling. The movement receives support from the Thai...
Medical staff members should exercise caution in distributing information about patients’ illnesses through social media because doing so could violate the law, the National Health Commission Office said yesterday. The warning came after pictures of what were believed to be X-ray images of Democrat leader Abhisit...
The Faculty of Medicine of Chiang Mai University and the National Health Commission Office (NHCO) of Thailand signed an academic cooperation agreement to establish the center for research and training on the assessment of the health impacts of public policies and projects. The signing by...
Permanent secretary for Public Health Narong Sahametapat has backed a push to outlaw these of all asbestos in Thailand. His stance has been welcomed by civil society groups which had been campaigning for an asbestos ban for two years. The PublicHealth Ministry, at the behest ofDr Narong,...
A deputy prime minister gave a green light to implement food systems management strategies that will integrate the efforts of concerned organizations to supervise overall food production processes that involve raw materials, farmers and operators in order to relieve consumers’ concerns following the findings of...
Situation: A survey on the health of Thai people based on their medical checkup found that some people did not realize they were ill. More than one-third of diabetes patients did not know that they had the illness and more than half of people with hypertension...
The secretary-general of the National Health Commission (NHC) said the cabinet approved guidelines for the prevention and mitigation of the health impacts of biomass power plants in accordance with the resolution of the 5th National Health Assembly. The cabinet assigned relevant organizations to implement the guidelines right...
Situation: According to a report in 2009 on 20 dangerous diseases threatening Thai people, eight out of top ten deadly diseases are non-communicable diseases including stroke, Ischaemic heart disease, diabetes and liver cancer. Non-communicable diseases account for as much as 73% of illness in Thailand. Regarding...
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....