Smart card for mothers and children
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By August, the Department of Health will implement the "Mother and Child smart card" containing health information and child development data in a bid to boost good health and grant people easy access to healthcare services.
Dr Sarawut Boonsuk, chief of the mother-and-child sanitation division, said the card would contain all health data from pregnancy, childbirth, infant vaccination, breast-feeding to congenital diseases. It will also contain information on other indicators such as the child’s height, weight and the head size. The department will also give mother childcare handbooks.
Dr Siriporn Kanjana, chief of the Thai Breastfeeding Centre, said she encouraged breastfeeding for the first six months as it was important for the child’s health and also saved mothers up to Bt3,000 a month.
The Nation
