Jetsada Mingsamorn, chairman of the committee organizing the 8th National Health Assembly in 2015 that focused on wisdom and partnership to create Thai well-being, said that 2,618 people from 280 organizations attended the assembly and participants came from more than 50 new organizations and networks....
Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn and Dr Sopon Mekthon, permanent secretary for public health, launched a project to eliminate opisthorchiasis and cholangiocarcinoma. The project was implemented to celebrate the 70th anniversary of His Majesty the King’s accession to the throne and the 84th birthday anniversary of Her...
The National Statistical Office reported that in 1994 there were 4 million elderly people in Thailand and they formed 6.8% of the total population. In 2013, the amount soared to 10 million or 14.9% and the figures are expected to reach 20.5 million or 32.1%...
Suggestions for regular checkups are medical advice. Checkup packages are advertised but their prices are quite expensive. Besides, most packages are unnecessarily large. People do not know how much their proper checkups should cover at different stages of their life because there has not been...
A policy proposal to the 8th National Health Assembly in 2015 to address a consumption problem that affects the well-being of Thai people is a policy to reduce the intake of salt and sodium to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The Thai Low Salt Network and relevant...