2015 is also a year for ASEAN economic integration, making it an appropriate time for Thai Health to focus our health index section on ASEAN to examine different dimensions of the region relating to population, health, society, economy, the environment, changes in health behaviours and health systems.

For the special feature story, Thai Health takes on the issue of “Health frauds”, highlighting strategies to sell drugs through marketing and selling hope, exposing the subtle tricks used by drug companies to change healthy people into “sick” people or turn beauty into a commodity. This section will hopefully provide the public with a different perspective to consider before choosing a health related product or service.

The Thai Health working group would like to thank our readers for your continuous support and sincerely hope that Thai Health 2015 will be as useful to you all and also a pleasure to read as were previous editions.