"Maniq"

Typhus has claimed a second victim in a month among the Maniq forest tribe of Phatthalung’s Pa Bon district, district chief Phudit Chanawanno said on Monday while attending the funeral.

A child has died and at least five others are bed-ridden following an outbreak of malaria that has hit a group of Maniq or Mani tribal people in the forest in Phatthalung's Pa Bon district over the past two months.

TO HELP boost access to healthcare for vulnerable people, National Health Security Office (NHSO) chief Sakchai Kanchanawattana has proposed that tribes be given a “gold card”, which allows them to get healthcare service at any state facility.