BMA Launches Campaign to Combat Rising Dengue Cases in Bangkok

Sukhumvit Soi 11 in Bangkok.
Sukhumvit Soi 11, a popular "soi" located at the beginning of Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. Photo: Clay Gilliland.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and the Department of Disease Control (DDC) have teamed up with various businesses to launch the “Dengue [Read More…]

DDC Identifies Three Diseases as Pandemic Threats for 2024

Healthcare worker at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health
Healthcare worker at Thailand Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Ministry of Public Health. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has identified three major diseases – COVID-19, influenza, and dengue fever – as potential pandemic threats for the year [Read More…]

Dengue Fever Cases Rise in 18 Provinces Including Chonburi, Phuket, and Bangkok

Aedes aegypti mosquito, one of the transmitters Zika virus, Dengue
Aedes aegypti mosquito, one of the transmitters Zika virus. Photo: James Gathany - PHIL, CDC.

Thailand saw a continuous rise in dengue fever cases in 18 provinces including Chonburi, Phuket, and Bangkok, the Department of Disease Control on Monday, July [Read More…]