Tag: Tuberculosis
Department of Disease Control Urges Public to Undergo Tuberculosis Screening
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is urging the public, especially those with underlying medical conditions that could worsen tuberculosis (TB), to [Read More…]
Thai Authorities Expand Efforts to Eliminate Tuberculosis
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has joined hands with Mahidol University to eradicate tuberculosis in Thailand. The DDC and Mahidol University’s [Read More…]
Over 3,000 prison inmates found to have TB
In an examination of inmates at 143 prisons nationwide, carried out jointly by the Disease Control Department and the Corrections Department this year, 3,368 inmates [Read More…]
Thailand aims to be tuberculosis free by 2030
BANGKOK, 26th August 2017 (NNT) – Thailand is determined to become a tuberculosis free society by 2030. Citing a World Health Organization report issued in [Read More…]
Thailand ranks the world’s No 18 for high incidence of TB infection
The World Health Organisation has put Thailand the world’s No 18 ranking for high incidence of tuberculosis infection from the previous No 22 ranking, Dr [Read More…]
Nearly 200 tuberculosis cases found in 800 Bangkok nightspots
During the past year, 186 cases of suspected tuberculosis have been found at more than 800 night venues in Bangkok, of which 24 have been [Read More…]
Drug-Resistant TB hits Thailand
Since 2001, there have been 13 confirmed cases of drug resistant TB identified in Thailand according to the Drug Resistant TB Research Fund’s chairman Dr. Manoon Leechawengwong.
There is some debate concerning the extremely dangerous cases as to dat…
