Category: HealthPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

สุขภาพ

/suk-kha-phap/Roman

English meaning: Health

Definition

The state of physical, mental, and social well-being. Thailand has universal health coverage through its '30 Baht Health Scheme' (renamed the National Health Security Act) — a successful model of low-cost universal health coverage studied by developing nations including India's Ayushman Bharat scheme designers.

Example

ระบบประกันสุขภาพถ้วนหน้าของไทยเป็นต้นแบบให้กับหลายประเทศ

In English: Thailand's universal health coverage system is a model for many countries.

Literary Heritage

จิตใจที่สงบสุขคือยาที่ดีที่สุดสำหรับร่างกาย

/Chit chai thi sa-ngop suk khue ya thi di thi sut samrap rang kai./

A peaceful mind is the best medicine for the body.

Chart Korbjitti · Novelist · 20th century

คนงง (Khon Ngong)

Khon Ngong (The Confused Man), Part I, Ch. 2, 1981

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