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BANGKOK, 25 April 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health is accelerating its malaria eradication campaign under the government's Pracharat Model. Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn has affirmed his ministry’s commitment to realize the global agenda by the World Health Organization to “End Malaria for Good” and announced Thailand’s goal
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BANGKOK, 21 April 2014 (NNT) – The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) has said that for the first time, Thai researchers have developed their own anti-malaria drugs in Thailand. Prof. Dr. Yongyuth Yuthavong, a senior researcher at NSTDA, says the researchers from National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Read More BANGKOK, 20 May 2013 (NNT) - Southern residents are being warned of Chikungunya and dengue fever viruses, which can both be transmitted through a mosquito bite, while more than 200 dengue patients have been reported in Trang province. According to Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences Dr. Nipon Phopattanachai, patients
Read More BANGKOK, 6 May 2013 (NNT)-The Ministry of Public Health is aiming to stop the outbreak of Malaria in Thailand within the next 7 years after nearly 2,500 people have been found with the disease so far this year. According to Public Health Minister Dr. Pradit Sintawanarong, the Ministry has launched a
Read More Scenes of Whole streets engulfed in smoke around the city shouldn't necessarily scare visitors as the region is being treated to a regular dousing of chemicals designed to kill mosquitoes and reduce the incident of Dengue fever in the region. Read more: pattaya103.com
Read More BANGKOK, 23 January 2013 (NNT) - Seven southern provinces are witnessing an increase in malaria cases, with the biggest number of patients reported in Surat Thani and Ranong. The Disease Control Office in Nakhon Si Thammarat said last year, a total of 2,887 cases of malaria were reported with 1 fatality.
Read More MAE HONG SON, 8 July 2012 (NNT) - Fourteen patients with dengue fever have been discovered in Mae Hong Son province. Officials are advising the public to quickly destroy mosquito breeding grounds. Health officials are hurriedly insecticide-fogging communities throughout the province that may be breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The destruction
Read More BANGKOK, 12 May 2012 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry of Thailand is set to rid the country of as many mosquito-breeding grounds as possible before the new school term begins. Dr. Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, deputy director-general of the Disease Control Department, said that all provincial health offices have been instructed to
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