Health In Thailand
Thailand has had "a long and successful history of health development," according to the World Health Organization. Life expectancy is seventy years at birth, ninety-eight and ninety-six percent of the population have access to improved drinking water and sanitation (respectively), and a system providing universal health care for Thai nationals has been established since 2002. Health and medical care is overseen by the Ministry of Public Health, along with several other non-ministerial government agencies, with total national expenditure on health amounting to 4.3 percent of GDP in 2009. Although HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other infectious diseases remain serious public health issues, non-communicable diseases and injuries have also become important causes of morbidity and mortality.
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