Suthira Taychakhoonavudh
Waranyoo Phoolcharoen
Jittima Luckanagul
Eakachai Prompetchara
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University
With the continued increase in life expectancy, the need for complex healthcare intervention to facilitate “healthy aging” also increases. The risk of emerging infectious diseases and the potential to cause a pandemic is a significant threat for an aging society in countries all over the world. Low to middle-income countries are more affected by these threats as capacity to handle such epidemics are much lower.
This panel discussion will address several biotechnologies aimed to mitigate these issues with the potential for implementation in low to middle-income countries, such as Thailand.
(Presented in the 2018 Chulalongkorn Asian Heritage Forum : Culture of Longevity, 15-16 August 2018, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, organized by Institute of Thai Studies, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University)