Smart card for mothers, 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, plus the child’s height, weight. It will also give out childcare books.
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. She is also planning to launch a campaign against the sale of breast-milk substitutes and possibly push for a related law in the future.
