Four Countries Have Antimicrobial-Stewardship Policies, but 16 Hospitals Average 72% Implementation and Training Lags
This study linked national policy, hospital systems, and provider behaviour in Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam during 2022–2023. It included 486 participants across 16 hospitals. All countries had antimicrobial-stewardship policies, but financing, enforcement, training, microbiology-data use, and inter-programme coordination were uneven. Hospitals averaged 72% on G-ASET, with tracking and reporting highest at 75% and training lowest at 66%. The two Thai hospitals scored 81.3% and 80.6% overall, yet both scored only 50% for training. These results identify actionable system gaps; they do not experimentally show that any intervention reduced antibiotic use, resistance, or mortality.
Direk Limmathurotsakul · Anucha ApisarnthanarakMahidol University · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · Thammasat University Hospital
An international expert statement spanning 22 countries reviews links among food systems, cardiometabolic health and the Sustainable Development Goals. It advocates plant-forward traditional diets rich in whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruit, nuts and spices, with meat used sparingly.
The multicentre survey analysed 604 patients from 25 Thai hospitals between December 2023 and March 2024. SSRIs accounted for 70.2% of prescriptions, followed by TCAs at 13.9% and trazodone at 12.7%. The most common diagnoses were depressive disorders (55.0%), substance use disorders (15.2%) and psychotic disorders (13.7%). Clinicians cited limited availability (21.9%), reimbursement arrangements (36.3%) and patient finances (33.9%) as prescribing constraints.
A post hoc analysis of the DEN-301 placebo arm followed 30,620.6 person-years, identifying 560 virologically confirmed dengue cases among 9,698 febrile illnesses; 142 cases, or 25.4%, were hospitalized.
A 20-year-old man on automated peritoneal dialysis developed vague abdominal symptoms, weight loss and declining ultrafiltration. Repeated dialysate cultures, acid-fast staining and molecular tests were negative despite mononuclear-predominant leukocytosis. Contrast CT identified peritoneal nodules, CT peritoneography showed a trapped dialysate pocket, and targeted biopsy demonstrated necrotising granulomatous inflammation. Tissue culture grew M. kansasii resistant to rifampicin, moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin.
HITAP reviewed 278 HTA capacity-strengthening activities in 25 countries from 2010 to mid-2025. Asia accounted for 151 activities and 128 engagements were programmatic rather than ad hoc. Knowledge sharing represented 26% and research or project collaboration 21%. Among 11 African partner countries, only three had programmatic engagement, accounting for 30 activities.
Morphology combined with ITS, LSU, rpb2 and β-tub phylogenies distinguished Nigropunctata pseudohydei as a new species and confirmed the first Thai record of N. complanata.
Thai researchersZaw Lin Tun · Digvijayini Bundhun · Kevin D. Hyde
An eight-country perspective argues that telemedicine, wearables and home sensors, augmented AI and mobile health can distribute expertise, observe symptoms between visits and support self-management, particularly where neurologists are scarce. Impact depends on infrastructure, interoperability, workforce, governance and equity-first hybrid care, not devices alone.
DJC6219 and NK62157 were isolated from municipal wastewater and characterised through host-range assays, electron microscopy, stability, multiplicity-of-infection optimisation, growth kinetics and genomics.
The authors review challenges in estimating preventable AMR burden and advocate explicit counterfactuals, confounding control and principled combination of individual studies.
Thai researchersCherry Lim · Sue J. Lee · Yin Mo · Ben S. Cooper
Ten Asia-Pacific experts developed 11 consensus statements on mild traumatic brain injury and use of GFAP/UCH-L1 within 12 hours. Final agreement was 90-100%, emphasizing biomarkers as adjuncts while clinical assessment and locally available imaging remain central.
RGD-functionalized cannabidiol lipid nanoparticles increased cellular uptake threefold and in-vitro BBB transport by 65%, while reducing inflammatory and oxidative markers. In a preclinical Alzheimer's model, cognition, Aβ/tau pathology, metabolism and gut-barrier indicators improved. The findings are promising but not evidence in patients.
Researchers used the UNDRR Stop Disasters online game with students, water professionals and community members in Thailand and Malaysia. A post-game survey of 35 participants found high enjoyment, lively interaction and perceived reinforcement of declarative flood-management knowledge.
Thailand-affiliated bibliographic records. These are not full analyses; they are ordered by Impact Signal and should be verified against the original source.
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Environmental Engineering
Life cycle assessment of benzoxazinone synthesis: Comparative evaluation of alternative synthetic pathways
Chulalongkorn University · Thai Health Promotion Foundation · Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University
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Environmental Engineering
Rainfall Variability Impacts on Runoff and Reservoir Inflow in a Small Mountainous Watershed: SWAT-Based Assessment in the Upper Ing River Basin, Northern Thailand
Estimating Canopy Isoprene Concentrations over a Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest in Northern Thailand Using a Calibrated Box Model and Physics-Informed Machine Learning: A Pilot Study
University of Phayao · National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand · Chiang Mai University · UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office
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Clinical Medicine
In vitro susceptibility and provisional epidemiological cutoff values for eight antifungal agents against Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton interdigitale : a multicenter study from China
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Thailand-affiliated authors
Hailin Zheng · Wenting Xie · Xue Kong · Naicen Ge · Huan Mei · Xiaodong She · Weida Liu · Guanzhao Liang · Xiaofang Li
Institutions
Institute of Dermatology
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Clinical Medicine
Coenocline Simulation of Microbiome Samples: A Biologically Mechanistic Framework for Generating Ecologically Realistic Synthetic Datasets to Support Classification Method Evaluation
Seasonal effects on ruminal fermentation and greenhouse gas emission patterns in non-lactating crossbred Saanen goats under tropical conditions: Evidence from respiratory chamber measurements
Evaluation of the Anti-demineralization Potential of Fluoride-Free Bioactive Toners versus Fluoride-Containing Functionalized Tricalcium Phosphate Toothpaste on Dental Enamel: An In Vitro Study
Rajamangala University of Technology Isan · Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep
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Digital Health
Research on the Construction of Core Competence Framework for the Smart Health Care and Elderly Care Service and Management Major Driven by Digital Technology
International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications
Lanolin in implantation of luminous polymer dots for environmental application as metal probes
Scientific Reports
Thailand-affiliated authors
Hossam E. Emam · Sarawut Rimdusit · Hanan B. Ahmed
Institutions
Chulalongkorn University
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Multidisciplinary
Foliar Application of Hempseed Press Cake-Derived Protein Hydrolysate Enhances Yield, Fruit Quality, and Antioxidant Properties of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) Grown Under Smart Greenhouse Conditions
