"Subdistrict health centers in Ban Phai district train community health volunteers in preparation for OV screening."
On January 21, 2025, the Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wacharin Loylom, Director of the Institute, organized a “Workshop for Leading Community Health Volunteers (OV-CCA).” Dr. Adul Bamrung, Director of Ban Phai Hospital, presided over the opening ceremony, and Mr. Sayant Patikanang, Director of the Nai Mueang Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital, gave a report at the meeting room of the Nai Mueang Sub-district Health Promotion Hospital, Ban Phai District, Khon Kaen Province.
This training was organized to impart accurate knowledge and enhance screening skills for village health volunteers and related personnel in the sub-district health centers of Ban Phai District. It began with a lecture on “Past Solutions to Liver Fluke Disease and Cholangiocarcinoma Problems and Access to Benefit Packages” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wacharin Loylom, Director of the Institute, followed by a lecture on “The Relationship Between Liver Fluke Disease and Cholangiocarcinoma and Current Innovations in Liver Fluke Screening” by Prof. Dr. Paiboon Sitthithavorn, Advisor to the Institute and lead researcher in developing the OV-ATK diagnostic kit. This was followed by practical training on registering and monitoring at-risk groups and using the ready-to-use OV-ATK liver fluke screening kit, led by Dr. Chaiwat Thawarungruang and his team.
Following this, the trained community health volunteers will conduct public communication to raise awareness about liver fluke disease and cholangiocarcinoma in the community, and register at-risk groups in preparation for liver fluke screening.
This training was organized to impart accurate knowledge and enhance screening skills for village health volunteers and related personnel in the sub-district health centers of Ban Phai District. It began with a lecture on “Past Solutions to Liver Fluke Disease and Cholangiocarcinoma Problems and Access to Benefit Packages” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wacharin Loylom, Director of the Institute, followed by a lecture on “The Relationship Between Liver Fluke Disease and Cholangiocarcinoma and Current Innovations in Liver Fluke Screening” by Prof. Dr. Paiboon Sitthithavorn, Advisor to the Institute and lead researcher in developing the OV-ATK diagnostic kit. This was followed by practical training on registering and monitoring at-risk groups and using the ready-to-use OV-ATK liver fluke screening kit, led by Dr. Chaiwat Thawarungruang and his team.
Following this, the trained community health volunteers will conduct public communication to raise awareness about liver fluke disease and cholangiocarcinoma in the community, and register at-risk groups in preparation for liver fluke screening.