22nd May 2014Dr.Yot gave a Skype  interviewed to Richard Smith,Professor of Health System Economics & Dean of Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for making the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) VideoHere’re some behind th

Echinacea, a favourite herbal remedy for parents to give children with the sniffles, should not be given to the under-12s, said the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency last week.The herb, said to reduce symptoms of colds by boosting scavenger cells called macrophages in the immune sys

This is a scoping review for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework of vaccination programme and indicators used in national vaccination programmes. This review synthesizes approaches and lessons to inform development of future frameworks. This work is part of the overarching post-covid-19 vaccination programme. More on this project: Monito

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Manuel Alexander Haasis1*, Joyce Anne Ceria1, Wantanee Kulpeng2, Yot Teerawattananon2, Marissa Alejandria3 1 National Center for Pharmaceutical Access and Management (NCPAM), Department of Health, Manila, Philippines, 2 Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), Department of

For the first time, researchers have determined virtually the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from the pregnant woman and a saliva specimen from the father.The accomplishment heralds an era in which parents might find it easier to know the complete DNA blueprint of a child months

นักวิจัย: Adun Mohara, M.Sc Adun Mohara has received the Distinctive Research Award on “Assessing the implications of Thailand’s Government Use Licenses, issued in 2006-2008” at the Annual Academics Conference hosted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The conference was held at Challenger Hall,

นักวิจัย: Jomkwan Yothasamut, MA Jomkwan Yothasamut has received the Distinctive Research Award on “A Study of Economic Costs of Alcohol Consumption in Thailand” at the Annual Academics Conference hosted by the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The conference was held at Prince Place hotel, Bangkok, T

Public policy for kidney replacement therapy eludes most low- and middle-income countries owing to the seemingly low number of cases and high cost. Countries such as Thailand have shown that public health authorities can effectively provide treatment and elevate health care for populations by overco