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Thailand and Southeast Asian countries urge WHO to support evidence-based traditional medicine

May 31, 2025

The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine and Southeast Asian member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have jointly submitted four key requests to the WHO, advocating for the support of evidence-based traditional medicine.

Public urged to follow safety measures as Covid-19 cases rise rapidly

May 31, 2025

The government is urging the public to remain vigilant and follow safety measures as Thailand faces a rise in Covid-19 cases due to the spread of the new variant NB.1.8.1.

China to boost WHO funding by US$500 million amid budget cuts

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025

China will provide an additional US$500 million (16.42 billion baht) to the World Health Organization (WHO) over the next five years.

Bangkok's Battle of the Bulge: Shocking Figures Show Half the City Overweight

THURSDAY, MAY 08, 2025

City Hall chiefs point finger at poor work-life balance as stark health data emerges, prompting a new initiative to create a healthier urban environment

Mpox is not the new Covid-19, says WHO

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2024

The mpox outbreak is not another Covid-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Aug 20, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it.

Unmasking the shadows: Thailand confronts soaring suicide rates

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Despite its “Land of Smiles” moniker, recent data reveals Thailand is nearing the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s alarming threshold of eight suicides per 100,000 people.

Thailand’s wins praise for universal care coverage for TB

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised Thailand as being the world leader in universal healthcare coverage for tuberculosis (TB), an infectious lung disease caused by bacteria that is responsible for over a million deaths globally each year.

300 million smokers and counting: Why China just can’t kick its cigarette habit

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2023

Twenty years after adopting the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), China is still addicted to cigarettes.

Back with a splash! Songkran to test Thailand’s Covid defences

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Thai hospitals and community health centres have been ordered to prepare for a spike in Covid-19 infections over Songkran in April and schools reopening in June.

‘Game over, Covid’: 10 things we learned about the virus in past 3 years

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One of Thailand’s top virologists on Monday listed 10 things we have learned from the new coronavirus as the world shifts out of pandemic mode.

Thai medical centre on alert over outbreak of ‘Disease X’ in Afghanistan

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023

Thailand’s Centre for Medical Genomics is closely following an ongoing outbreak of a severe respiratory disease known as “Disease X”, which is being monitored by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

New Omicron variants are replacing BA.5: WHO

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2022

Six new Covid-19 variants have replaced BA.5 as the most dominant globally, with the BQ.1.x variant being the most prevalent of them, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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