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Thailand is classified by WHO as one of the 22
countries in the world with the highest TB burden. With a population of
nearly 67 million, Thailand
has about 93,000 new cases each year and an overall estimated TB prevalence
of nearly 130,000 cases, 16 per cent of whom are
also HIV positive. These figures are further complicated by the growing
threat of drug resistant TB.
WHO in Thailand is supporting the
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in collaboration with the Stop TB Partnership. The Partnership is a global alliance that
seeks “to push tuberculosis up the world political agenda. It focuses on
expanding the use of the Stop TB Strategy, forming a drug facility to
provide free or low cost tuberculosis drugs, and a global charter to map
the world response to this epidemic.”In recent
years, Thailand's
national TB programme has also been expanded and strengthened with
technical support from WHO and other health stakeholders. Click here for
more information
Links
Stop TB
Partnership
Bureau
of Tuberculosis, Department of Disease Control, MOPH
Global Fund
country portfolio for Thailand
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