BANGKOK, 26 April 2015 – The Ministry of Public Health is set on making Thailand a malaria-zero country, as malaria patients are on a decline.
To achieve the goal, the Ministry of Public Health will beef up its PR campaign and measures, including the malaria mosquito elimination, expansion of access to diagnosis and treatment for the general people, especially those in border areas where infection is most likely.
The Disease Control Department, meanwhile, disclosed that this year’s malaria cases among Thai people between January and April had dropped by 21 percent from the same period last year. Cases among foreign people also fell 26 percent. Provinces with the highest number of infections were Ubon Ratchathani, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Yala.
The Ministry of Public Health’s move is part of the activities organized globally to observe World’s Malaria Day which falls on April 25.
