The establishment of the Regional Centre status for Veterinary Public Health at Chiang Mai University is relevant to the vision of the government that want Thailand being as kitchen of the world. It is also relevant to the strategies of increasing the competition capacity of the country, reinforcing the sustainable development of the country, developing society, solving the poverty of the country, and improving life's quality of the government.
read moreThe VCHCAP calls for application of the international Master program in MSc(VPH), a 2-year coursework & thesis Master program managed by the centre, under the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University. We are now open for registration for the Academic year 1/2022 with scholarship avaialble.
Read MoreThis event will be held in June 2022. We are honored by Prof. Dr. Thomas Alter, the Managing director of the Institute of Food Safety and Food Hygiene, Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin to share knowledge on food safety, molecular biology, and current updates in veterinary public health.
The centre was established since 2003. We have provided a Master program in MSc(VPH) (former the MVPH program) with more than 80 alumni from 15 countries in Asia, annual seminar/symposium, and 100+ training courses in Veterinary Public Health.
FAO - 18 May 2022
Some 46 000 people are assisted during the spring potato sowing campaign.
WHO - 19 May 2022
WHO issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for CONVIDECIA, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics, China, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2.
OIE - 16 May 2022
18 million tons, that is the weight of chicken eggs produced every year worldwide. Largely consumed for their protein intake, eggs are produced in sufficient quantities to meet the demand of all inhabitants of the planet ...
News Desk - 19 May 2022
Efforts were led by scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in England who looked at antibiotic resistance in Salmonella strains isolated from pork meat at food retail outlets.
CDC - 18 May 2022
CDC continues to work with health departments and clinicians nationwide to identify and investigate hepatitis of unknown cause impacting children.
Associated Press -- 19 May 2022
European health officials say nearly 270 cases of salmonella infection linked to chocolate Easter eggs have now been reported throughout Europe and in North America, the vast majority in children.
The VPHCAP has provided knowledge on food safety to the general public via a Youtube Channel: "FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION BY VPHCAP".
GO TO THE CHANNELThe VPHCAP developed education media in three languages (Thai, Tai, Burmese) for the workers in food industries. High turn-over rate of workers and hiring of workers from neighboring countries were contributed to food hygienic issues as communication is the main problem between the workers and supervisors. The education media on personal hygiene helps the food facilties on training their workers for safety of food.
GO TO VIDEOA semiannually e-newsletter has captured half-year activities of the centre and updates of MVPH/MSc(VPH) alumni. Start from 2014, we have produced 14 issues of the newsletter.
READ NEWSLETTER Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai Univeristy
155 Moo.2, Mae Hia, Muang, Chiang Mai, 50100 Thailand
Tel.: +66 5394 8073
Fax: +66 5394 8072