The average Thai mother 50 years ago gave birth to six babies over her lifetime. PAWAT LAAOPAISARNTAKSINThe Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced a 10-year strategy to increase the number of planned births nationwide and improve the overall quality of births. The strategy was discussed by director-general of the ministry's Department of Health, Wachira Pengjuntr, at a conference on Wednesday. Another issue that it aims to address is improving the quality of births, says Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong, the department's deputy director-general. "A number of Thai children are born underweight, and some are born anaemic as a result of their mothers' poor health condition," he said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 07, 2017 03:56 UTC