NHSO has allocated the Gold Card budget in 2024 to purchase more than 717 million baht of “HPV vaccine,” helping overall to have more than 1.9 million doses of vaccine, supporting QuickQuin to inject 1 million doses in 100 days, supporting additional second-dose injection groups. Expand the screening network Connecting networks to treat patients
On Oct. 29, Dr. Jadet Thamthatcharee, Secretary-General of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), spoke about moving forward with a comprehensive cancer policy. which has 100 days of Quick Win 1 million doses of the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer for women aged 11-20 years, said that the NHSO will speed up support in providing cervical cancer services. Under health promotion and disease prevention benefits, it includes HPV vaccine services. The vaccination was given before sexual intercourse. Or in women aged 9-26 years, it will prevent infection up to 90 percent, reducing the risk of cervical cancer in the next 10 -20 years. NHSO has set a target for Quick Win to support vaccination. 1 million doses of HPV in the first 100 days to target groups Female students from grade 5 to 2nd year of higher education or aged 11-20 years have all rights to medical treatment. Focus on first vaccination with the first dose to cover all target groups.
In the case of the 15-20 year old group, it will be the second injection, which must be a person who has received the first dose more than 6 months ago. NHSO will provide enough vaccines for the target group. and consider procuring the second dose of HPV vaccine to build immunity correctly according to academic recommendations and the public’s benefits. NHSO has added another 717.63 million baht to the budget for 2024 to support the HPV vaccine, increasing the total to 1,747,000. million baht from the original purchase schedule of only 703,700 doses, and when combined with the HPV vaccine and other parts As a result, there are approximately 1,900,000 doses of HPV vaccine in the system. In advancing this policy, the NHSO has also accelerated support for cervical cancer screening services. To increase access to cervical cancer screening. and search for patients to enter treatment in the early stages The target group is Thai women aged 30-59 years with all rights to medical treatment and Thai women aged 15-29 years in cases of high risk. Providing screening services using the HPV DNA Test method 1 time every 5 years. You can receive services at service units in the Gold Card system that can provide cervical cancer screening services.
“NHSO has also added proactive cervical cancer screening services with HPV Self Sampling, which is a self-sampling specimen collection kit. to be sent for examination at the service unit It is an additional option for Thai women who feel embarrassed to receive services at a service center. This will help support cervical cancer screening to achieve the Quick Win 100 days quickly. In the past, NHSO has joined with government and private service agencies to launch proactive service units in business establishments. and support service units to provide screening services Complete coordination and forwarding In the past, there have been many areas that have already operated, such as in District 7 Roi Et, Phanom Phrai Hospital is the testing laboratory service network, and in District 9, Nakhon Ratchasima, by Bangkok Ratchasima Hospital,” Dr. Jadet said.
Dr. Jadet said that after screening for cervical cancer In the case that the test results reveal that people are at risk or have cervical cancer in the early stages. can access medical treatment according to their rights As for those with gold patents, they can receive service at the service unit in the system. Initially, you may begin receiving service at the regular service unit first. If it exceeds the capacity of the service unit to take care of Or there is a queue of many patients waiting for service. You can receive services at a specialized cancer service unit. or service units that have the potential to treat cancer throughout the country in the gold card system According to the Cancer Anywhere policy in collaboration with the Department of Medical Services Ministry of Public Health It covers the entire chemotherapy service unit. Radiotherapy service unit and surgical treatment service unit, etc.
2023-10-29 08:01:00
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