Women's Health and Development: Country Profile, Thailand
Prepared for the World Health Organization, South East Asia Region Office, January 1998
Acronyms
EPI Extended Program of Immunization
GDRI Gender Development Research Institute
MCH/FP Mother and Child Health/Family Planning
MOPH Ministry of Public Health
NESDB National Economic and Social Development Board
NCWA National Commission on Women's Affairs
NGO Non-government organization
NIB National Identity Board
NSO National Statistical Office
ONCWA Office of the National Commission on Women's Affairs
RDA Recommended Dietary Allowance
TBA Traditional Birth Attendant
TDRI Thai Development and Research Institute
UNDP United Nations Development Program
WHO World Health Organization
Financial values in this report are given in US dollars or Thai baht. For most of the period of this report, $1US was approximately worth 25 baht. This has recently risen to about 50 baht.
References in this report are in an amended Harvard form, with the initial number referring to the number allocated to each source in the Bibliography and the second (where relevant) referring to the page(s) from which the material was drawn in that source.
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