Thai Red Cross Society
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Formation | 26 April 1893 |
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Type | Aid agency |
Purpose | Humanitarian aid |
Headquarters | Bangkok |
Region served | Thailand |
Membership | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
President | Queen Sirikit |
Budget | THB 5,110,829,700 (2014)[1] |
Website | Redcross.or.th |
The Thai Red Cross Society (Thai: สภากาชาดไทย; RTGS: Sapha Ka Chat Thai) is a major humanitarian organisation in Thailand, providing services as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.[citation needed]
The society was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in
History
The origin of the Thai Red Cross Society dates to the
The society's name was later changed to the Siam Red Cross Society and, following the renaming of the country, the Thai Red Cross Society. The society was officially recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 27 May 1920, and membership in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (then the League of Red Cross Societies) was granted on 8 April 1921.[4][5]
Services
Following the statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the Thai Red Cross Society provides humanitarian aid and relief services in times of war and disaster, which is handled by its Relief and Public Health Bureau. The bureau offers public health services in remote areas of the country. The society also provides other medical and charitable services.[6]
In total the Thai Red Cross Society has 14 bureaus, 6 specialized centers, and 5 special affair offices. Key focus areas are holistic public health services, disaster relief assistance, supply of blood products and transfusion, and improving quality of life in impoverished communities.[7]
Medical services
The Thai Red Cross Society operates the
Blood donation
Blood donation services provided by the National Blood Centre are one of the society's most visible activities. Founded in 1952, the centre collects, processes, and provides blood and blood components to hospitals in Bangkok and nationwide through 147 regional chapters.
Organ donation
The Thai Red Cross Organ Donation Centre began operation in 1994 and is the sole national coordinator of organ donations. The Thai Red Cross Eye Bank, in operation since 1965, provides eye tissue for corneal transplantation, and has 10 regional offices.
AIDS programme
In 1991, the Thai Red Cross Society AIDS Research Centre opened the first HIV-voluntary counselling and testing clinic in Asia.[8]
The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre offers HIV testing and counseling services through its Anonymous Clinic, and runs education and awareness campaigns to battle the spread of the epidemic and better the lives of those living with HIV. The centre conducts research on HIV and clinical interventions under HIV-NAT and SEARCH units, and offers many services to help those living with HIV.
Vaccines and rabies prevention
Medical education
The Srisavarindhira Thai Red Cross Institute of Nursing is one of the country's major professional nurse training centres. King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital serves as the teaching hospital for both the college and also the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
Child welfare
The Thai Red Cross Children's Home takes care of abandoned children at King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospitals, and attempts to reunite the families or provide the children with suitable adoptive homes.
Transgender services
On November 27, 2015, The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre in Bangkok opened the first clinic in Asia to target services exclusively to the transgender community. The Tangerine Community Health Centre is funded by the US Agency for International Development.[8]
See also
References
- ^ พระราชบัญญัติงบประมาณรายจ่ายประจำปีงบประมาณ พ.ศ. 2557 [Annual Expenditure Budget Act, BE 2557 (2014)] (PDF). Government Gazette (in Thai). 130 (93 A). Bangkok: Cabinet Secretariat: 1. 2013-10-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- Government Gazette (in Thai). 73 (66 A). Bangkok: Cabinet Secretariat: 957. 1956-08-21. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ^ "Long Live Her Majesty Queen Sirikit - Pattaya Mail". Pattaya Mail. 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ a b "ประวัติความเป็นมา". The Thai Red Cross Society official web site (in Thai). Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ a b "Historical Background". The Thai Red Cross Society web site at the Golden Jubilee Network project. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ "Activities". The Thai Red Cross Society web site at the Golden Jubilee Network project. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ^ Ia, Watchariya (2014-04-28). "121st Anniversary of the Thai Red Cross Society". Thai Red Cross. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ a b Roux, Kate (2015-12-15). "Red Cross opens first clinic for transgender". International Red Cross and Red Crescent Society. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
External links
- The Thai Red Cross Society website (in Thai)