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Thai doctor to chair WHO tobacco control group 

Jump to full article: MCOT 1 (Modernine TV) (th), 2007-07-06

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) international convention on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control concluded Friday with a selection of a Thai medical doctor as the new chairman of its working group.

Thailand's Public Health Minister Dr. Mongkol Na Songkhla said in a press conference after the closing of the international convention that Thailand Health Promotion Institute chairman Dr. Hathai Chitanont received a unanimous vote from representatives of 147 countries.

During his one-year tenure, Dr. Hathai will play an active role in pushing for a tobacco control policy in signatory countries of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, according to Dr. Mongkol.

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