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<div class="gmail_quote"> From: <a href="mailto:mkamalyanni@oxfam.org.uk">mkamalyanni@oxfam.org.uk</a><br> <br><br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Thank you for sharing this important info. The Thai govt. sets a great example to all. I already suggested that WHO should study the impact of different approaches to health budget on health during the last financial crisis especially the Thai approach. The Thai approach should be recommend to other developing (and developed) countries at the time of financial crisis</font> <br>
<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Dr. Mohga M Kamal-Yanni<br></font><br><br><br><tt><font size="2">The Thai government decided last month to reduce the 2010 overall public budget<br>by 13% but to increase the budget for the universal health insurance by almost<br>
10%. This is mainly to protect the health of the poor and those who will be<br>unemployed. Hope that this can be a good example for the PHM to use for its<br>movement.<br><br>Suwit<br><br></font></tt></div>