Tag: WHO
WHO hails HM the King as a significant role model
World Health Organization has praised King Bhumibol Adulyadej as a significant role model nationally and globally in addressing the most pressing public health issues...
Medical Services Department urges cigarette smokers to quit
BANGKOK – Medical Services Department Director General Suphan Srithamma has warned cigarette smokers against dangers of smoking and urged them to quit on occasion...
Global report on Fukushima nuclear accident details health risks
Geneva, 28 February 2013 - A comprehensive assessment by international experts on the health risks associated with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant...
WHO: millions have hearing loss that can be improved or prevented
Geneva, 27 February 2013 - More than 360 million people in the world have disabling hearing loss, according to new global estimates on...
Public Health Ministry to revise tobacco laws
BANGKOK, 27 August 2011 – The Ministry of Public Health will revise two tobacco control laws in order to fight a new effort...
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Illegal tour busted in Pattaya as unlicensed operator caught leading senior trip to Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Tourist Police and the Department of Tourism have arrested an unlicensed tour operator accused of organizing trips for elderly tourists without...
Thai Royal Gazette confirms new cabinet under PM Anutin ahead of swearing-in
PATTAYA, Thailand – Thailand's Royal Gazette has officially published the Royal Command endorsing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's new cabinet.
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn appointed...
Northern Thailand chokes on hazardous haze as Pattaya breathes easier for now
PATTAYA, Thailand – Air quality across northern Thailand has deteriorated sharply, with Chiang Mai once again engulfed in dense haze as forest fires and...
Drunken mix-up as guest found sleeping in wrong Pattaya hotel
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers were called to a hotel after staff reported an intoxicated individual found sleeping inside the premises — only...
Drunken woman claims ‘streetlight attack’ after collapsing on Pattaya roadside
PATTAYA, Thailand – Rescue workers and police were called to assist a heavily intoxicated woman found unconscious by the roadside in Pattaya, who later...