Saravalee Suphakarn

I think the balancing of the accuracy of the data and timeliness is the most important challenges for integrating an early warning system into the surveillance system. Foe the effective early warning system, we need the reliable valid data and response in timely manner together. a quick process may cause some errors easier especially human errors…[Read more]

I agree with you that the non-verbal communication of PM Lee Hsien Loong is one of the key to the success of public communication. Non-verbal language can help building trust from the audience.

The speeches of prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and President Trump have strength points and weak points for public communication. Both of them tried to build trust but the ways they used are quite different. PM Lee Hsien Loong provide information of current situation base on scientific data, strategies from the government, responsive plan and…[Read more]

Like the answer of most participant, the disease that have been declared as the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) including H1N1 influenza (2009), Polio (2014), Ebola (2014 and 2018), Zika virus (2016), and COVID-19 (ongoing).

According to International Health Regulations (IHR) of WHO, the situation that been declared as…[Read more]

The data from surveillance system can provide many useful information such as related between level of air pollution and number of cases which to generate the hypothesis for risk factors study and planning the policy in the future.

According to the definition of public health emergency, the air pollution in Thailand and ASEAN countries has a potential to be future public health emergency because the pollution affects people health and health care system directly and indirectly in short-term and long-term. People who lives in an ambient air pollution risk to develop…[Read more]

Yes, I strongly agree. Because often transmission is from bird to human, poultry or wild birds are important sentinel to detect the disease which Department of livestock development (DLD) also have the surveillance system of HPAI in poultry. Therefore, if possible, sharing information system to integrate both surveillance system in human and…[Read more]

The inaccuracy data from the surveillance system both overestimate and underestimate lead to miss understand to the real situation of the disease and the decision maker can make the inappropriate plan or policy which backward effect to the people health. If the data is lower than the real number of cases, the observer or analyst may understand…[Read more]

Information technology can assist in all process of outbreak investigation. To verification, describe, generate and hypothesis testing, and response or action the outbreak, the linkage completeness data system is necessary and the information technology like cloud computing or GIS help to collect compile and distribute the useful information. The…[Read more]

Hypertension is the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases in Thailand. The disease can lead to other severe non-communicable diseases such as kidney disease and stroke, therefore it necessary to decrease the prevalence. Followed by the strategies of the bureau of non-communicable diseases, department of disease control, MOPH, they have…[Read more]

I strongly agree with you that health village volunteers are play important role in Thailand’s surveillance system and other part of public health strategies.

Thailand’s public health system has many surveillance system for many disease. In my opinion, our system strong in intervention development and implementation. Because the architectural of the public health system, we have practitioner in every level until the smallest level, village health volunteers (VHV) who work very closely to people in each…[Read more]

One of the disease that I think it need the surveillance system is high pathogenic Avian influenza (HPAI) in highly important disease class. Although Thailand don’t have report for human or avian case of HPAI for several years since the epidemic of H5N1 in 2005, the virus circulate in avian species especially migration bird which is main reservoir…[Read more]

In the point of incidence or cost of treatment or diagnosis, Rabies isn’t high burden. But Rabies is a fatal disease and involve big complex social issue as stray dogs that cause hard to eradicate and control the disease. I think that cause Rabies is one of public health problem in Thailand.

In the discussion group, I chose to be democratic leader because I think it almost to be me. The style that I interest to practice is commanding leadership style because I want to practice to make decisions in the pressure situation. Although this leadership style may be negative force to other people, but one of the benefit of this style is work…[Read more]

Low motivation or unmotivation is one of the important problem of me and I think it also be a basic problem for everyone in sometime. Because the intensive or rewarding isn’t sustainable to engage people and build the effective motivation, the intrinsic motivation is more effective but how to make it happen in your own is challenging. In the VDO c…[Read more]

In my opinions most of people are mixed type leader depended on situations, in the same way with Steve Jobs, I think he is mixed type leader which dominant in the visionary and coaching type. According to the article said “Steve Jobs had vision and this creative vision challenged his employees and drove them to act with vision as well” show the…[Read more]

Throwback to 10-11 year ago, I decided to change from normal school where I had learned since I’m 4 year old to new high school where be boarding school. It’s very big change in my life. I had to change to live in dormitory, from child who go-back from home to school everyday to teenage who comeback home once a week etc. Actually, a main reasons…[Read more]

For practice listening skill, the first thing that I think it’s important and highly recommend to listens is listening our self. Listen what do you really want why do you what or other questions. When you start to listen yourself, you will be calm and can deeply understand yourself. Moreover, you will understand why people need listening and ready…[Read more]