Health volunteers hope to encourage voter turnoutListen to this articleMore than one million local health volunteers nationwide will go door to door to encourage eligible voters to exercise their right to vote in the Feb 8 general election, according to the Department of Health Service Support (DHSS). Volunteers will visit households to remind citizens of the importance of voting and to promote clean and fair elections. To support the campaign, the DHSS has issued a circular to provincial public health offices, presidents of local health volunteer clubs and all 12 regional health service support centres nationwide, inviting volunteers to take part in outreach activities under the no vote-buying scheme. Local health volunteers are also expected to play a key role in assisting vulnerable groups, including the elderly and persons with disabilities, by helping them access polling stations and exercise their voting rights. According to the DHSS, Thailand has about 1.07 million local health volunteers.

Source: Bangkok Post January 19, 2026 22:24 UTC