Disease control goes high-tech

Eye and facial recognition technology will be used in a pilot project aimed at improving healthcare services for foreign workers, refugees and ethnic people in five provinces, the Department of Disease Control has said.

The project has been developed by the department’s partners, including the Thai Red Cross Society and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec).

The project aims to collect the patient data of people who have lost their documents to prove their identity.

The pilot project will soon be carried out in Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Tak and Chon Buri provinces.

Last year, the department launched a smaller pilot project where they collected the personal identities of 60,000 people. The results were promising, with public health officials saying it made processes more efficient.

The department is now preparing…