The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has appointed Ms. Kathryn Clarkson the new Head of Country Cluster Delegation (CCD) in Bangkok starting from April 2021. She will be the successor of Mr. Christopher Rassi who is appointed to a new position in Geneva, Switzerland. Ms. Kathryn Clarkson is an Australian.…
On 25 February 2021, Air Chief Marshal Airbull Suttiwan, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), received 500 Royal Laser Pointer Canes from Mr. Khan Prachuabmoh, Director of the Fund Raising Bureau, the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS). Asst. Prof. Ruenreong Leelanukrom, M.D., Deputy Director of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, TRCS, Prof. Roongroj Bhidayasiri,…
Queen Sirikit Centre for Breast Cancer (QSCBC), King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, (KCMH), Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), was initiated following Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother’s wish for the centre to be a ‘sanctuary for women’ with breast cancer. At present, the Centre has acquired innovative equipment and modern medical technologies for diagnosis and treatment of breast…
Thai citizens who are under the country’s universal health coverage, at higher risk of HIV infection including men who have sex with men (MSM), transgendered women (TGW), sex workers, injection drug users (IDU) and serodiscordant couples, can receive free PrEP services at the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre during official working hours (08.30 –…
Si Sa Ket Province The President of Si Sa Ket Red Cross Chapter along with the Committee and members handed over houses which had been repaired under the chapter’s house repair project as well as financial support to two vulnerable persons in Dot and Siao Sub-districts, Pho Suwan District. Chai Nat Province The President of…
On 16 February 2021, Dr. Lawan Chanhome, D.V.M., Head of the Snake Farm of Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, the Thai Red Cross Society, presented awards to the winners of the drawing contest “My Snake Farm, QSMI”, which was divided into three age groups; 3–5 years old, 6-8 years old and 9–12 years old.
On 17 February 2021, Mr. Charoensuth Ngoenprasopsuk, President and Managing Director of Sysmex (Thailand) Co., donated 20,000 Baht to support Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha Fund for reducing AIDS infection as well as the medical funding for AIDS patients. On this occasion, Assistant Professor Opass Putcharoen, M.D., Acting Deputy Director of the Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, received the…
Mrs. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, CEO of Toshiba Thailand Co., Ltd, and Mrs. Kanit Muangkrachang, Managing Director of the Company, handed over 14 laundry washing machines worth THB 154,800 to support the Thai Red Cross Rehabilitation Centre and Thai Red Cross Children’s Home. Khunying Jada Wattanasiritham, Treasurer of the TRCS, Mr. Khan Prachuabmoh, Director of the Fund…
On 15 February 2021, the Organ Donation Centre and the Thai Red Cross Eye Bank, the Thai Red Cross Society (TRCS), along with Charoen Pokphand Group Public Company Limited and True Corporation Public Company Limited invited the general public to make organ and eye donation. They launched an advertising movie called “Bloom A New…
Mr. Peter Maurer, President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), during his visit to the Central African Republic after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Africa, said “This has been a devastating year for communities across Africa. People were exposed to the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,…