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Sombun Phong-aksara (Thai: สมบุญ ผ่องอักษร, RTGS: Phong-akson) was a Thai medical doctor. He graduated medicine from the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, and obtained master's and doctorate degrees in public health from Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University, respectively. His work focused on the tuberculosis situation in Thailand, and as the director of the Department of Disease Control's Chest Disease Clinic, led the first nationwide tuberculosis-control plan in the 1950s. He was the first President of the Medical Council of Thailand, and served as Deputy Minister of Public Health.

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1. Johns Hopkins University (2 June 1942). "Candidates for degrees June 2, 1942". Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
2. "แรกเริ่มภารกิจต่อต้านวัณโรคในประเทศไทย". Hfocus (in Thai). 7 February 2018.
3. "รายนามรัฐมนตรีช่วยว่าการกระทรวงสาธารณสุข อดีต - ปัจจุบัน". moph.go.th (in Thai). Ministry of Public Health. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

• Thai public health doctors
• Thai civil servants
• Deputy ministers of Thailand
• Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital alumni
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumni
• Recipients of the Dushdi Mala Medal, Pin of Arts and Science