Executive summary The proposal to conduct a situational assessment on disease prevention and control for the establishment of a Southeast Asia Centre for Infectious Disease Control (SEACID) was an academic study, led by the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NU

In Thailand, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is 17.5% of the population (Ingsathit et al., 2010). According to Thailand’s National Health Security Office (2021), in each year, this public health agency spends approximately 10,000 million Baht in renal dialysis and 1,000 million Baht f

Digital health and Health Information Systems (HIS) are dramatically altering the landscape for health. Thailand achieved Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in 2002. However, the delivery of health services relies heavily on manpower without digitisation, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the lack

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a life-threatening disease for many people. People suffering from such diseases need to undergo some form of kidney replacement therapy in order to live a long life. (1, 2) In 2019, it is estimated that 1.4 million people will die from chronic kidney disease worldwide

Since the Subcommittee for Development of Benefits and Service system under the Universal Coverage Scheme, the National Health Security Office considers that there are health measures not included in the health benefit package under the universal coverage scheme. Some measures are already in the benefits package, but they are expensive and service

Cervical cancer is a global public health problem, with approximately 500,000 new cases are identified each year globally. The disease is the most common cancer in women in the developing world and its mortality is very high–nearly 300,000 per year, 80% of which are in resource-poor settings. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been proven as a major