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Kanchanaburi DSS - Thailand

 

Kanchanaburi province is located in the Western Central region of Thailand. It is about 129 kilometers west of Bangkok Metropolis, the capital city. Kanchanaburi is Thailand's third largest province, covering an area of 19,486 square kilometers. The DSS area consists of 100 villages/enumeration districts scattered throughout Kanchanaburi province. The field research centre is located at the new Mahidol University campus in Saiyok district of Kanchanaburi.

 

Objectives

-  Monitoring population change.

-  Evaluating the effects of intervention based research.

-  Studying health consequences of population change.

 

Priority Research Areas

-  Demographic, health, social and economic database of field station population.
-  Adolescent reproductive health outcomes.
-  Migrants and health.
-  Population and environment
-  Elderly care
-  Vital registration.

 

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