The Importance of Wearing Masks to Prevent Respiratory Infections: Rising Influenza Cases in Thailand

The Importance of Wearing Masks to Prevent Respiratory Infections: Rising Influenza Cases in Thailand

Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said that after Thailand Announcement of COVID-19 disease It is a contagious disease that must be monitored. Since 1 Oct. 2022, people have chosen to wear masks voluntarily. It was found that the trend of respiratory infectious diseases especially influenza increased more than … Read more

National Oral and Dental Health Campaign: Promoting a Healthy Mouth in a Healthy Body

National Oral and Dental Health Campaign: Promoting a Healthy Mouth in a Healthy Body

It continues until the end of this month 09/16/2023 at 17:08 (Doha time) The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care, is implementing the national oral and dental health campaign, which will continue until the end of this month. The campaign, which focuses on general oral and dental … Read more

COVID-19 Guidelines and Precautions for Smallpox Prevention in Bangkok

COVID-19 Guidelines and Precautions for Smallpox Prevention in Bangkok

Mrs. Lertlak Leelasawang, Director of the Medical Office (MD), Bangkok, spoke about the preparations for the hospitals under its jurisdiction. Bangkok supports care for smallpox patients in Bangkok. After finding an increase in outbreaks among youth and the MSM group, The Department of Disease Control has prepared guidelines for disease prevention. Ministry of Public Health … Read more

Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Campaign: Importance and Benefits

Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Campaign: Importance and Benefits

The president of the Paraguayan Society of Infectious Diseases, Dr. Fernando Galeano, highlighted the incorporation of the tetravalent for vaccination against influenza, for which a massive immunization is expected in the campaign that starts on Monday, April 10. “It is an annual campaign that seeks to lower the incidence and especially the severity of cases … Read more

Minister of Public Health María Teresa Barán Calls for Teamwork and Strengthening of Health Resources

Minister of Public Health María Teresa Barán Calls for Teamwork and Strengthening of Health Resources

The Minister of Public Health, María Teresa Barán, upon taking office, this Thursday asked the staff of the health portfolio to put on the shirt and warned that “there is no margin for error”, following the message of President Santiago Peña. The Itapuense doctor praised the work of her colleagues during the pandemic and announced … Read more

Ministry of Public Health Aims to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C by 2030: Benefits of Screening and Treatment for All

Ministry of Public Health Aims to Eliminate Hepatitis B and C by 2030: Benefits of Screening and Treatment for All

Ministry of Public Health Set a goal to eliminate hepatitis B and C by 2030, therefore providing benefits for hepatitis B and C screening for all people. All treatment rights born before 1992 prior to hepatitis B vaccination benefits Free for every newborn, which is about 30-40 million people nationwide. To be screened for hepatitis … Read more

Anutin Charnvirakul: Moving Towards Political Balance and a Better Version of Thailand

Anutin Charnvirakul: Moving Towards Political Balance and a Better Version of Thailand

“Anutin” points out that politics will move towards balance. get people’s government Take Thailand to the upgraded version Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health as the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party spoke to a group of Thai and foreign businessmen at a banquet of the Rotary Club of Southern Bangkok … Read more

Addressing the Shortage of Doctors in Thailand’s Public Health System: Insights and Solutions

Addressing the Shortage of Doctors in Thailand’s Public Health System: Insights and Solutions

Dr. Taweesin Wissanuyothin, M.D. Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health together with Dr. Pimpetch Sukhumalphaiboon Director of the Joint Project Management Office to produce more doctors for rural people press conference on the shortage of doctors in the public health system After the news aboutdoctor resignedmany said that the problem of manpower … Read more

“Thai Children Facing Alarming Rates of Obesity: Causes, Effects, and Parental Advice”

“Thai Children Facing Alarming Rates of Obesity: Causes, Effects, and Parental Advice”

Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health reveals Thai children are overweight and obese, one in three in ASEAN, which the World Obesity Federation predicts that by the year B.E. By 2035, the population under the age of 20 will be ‘obese’, an average increase of 6.2 percent per year. The information of the Department … Read more

BMA gears up for vigilant smallpox surveillance in Bangkok | RYT9

BMA gears up for vigilant smallpox surveillance in Bangkok | RYT9

Mr. Soonthorn Sunthornchat, director of the Department of Health (DNI), Bangkok, discussed the progress of coordinating with the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in investigating the control of smallpox in Bangkok. Together with the relevant district offices, has coordinated with the Institute for Urban Disease Prevention and Control (Public Organization), Division of Epidemiology. The Ministry … Read more