Concerns rise over vaping by young people Credit to Bangkok Post: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2770386/concerns-rise-over-vaping-by-young-people. Illegal e-cigarettes easily available near schools, with packaging and flavours to appeal to children Authorities need to do more to prevent e-cigarette use among young people, say participants who took part in a seminar held...
Roadmaps and Recommendations on Strategic Actions for a Healthy Aging Society proposed to key Ministries at the Policy Forum organized by NHCO. The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) organized the policy forum on 22nd November 2023 to consult and present the implementation roadmaps and the recommendations on...
The online session on Moving together to build a healthier world: advancing the social participation for health agenda at the World Health Assembly in 2024 As the world marches out of the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic towards Agenda 2030 and the goal of ‘leaving no one...
The online session on Beyond a World Health Assembly resolution: how to implement and institutionalize social participation and accountability? Since the launch of the WHO Handbook on Social Participation for UHC in 2021, there has been growing political leadership among WHO Member States on social participation, leading to...
Ensuring access to healthcare for all Excerpt some content and Credit to: https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2707616/ensuring-access-to-healthcare-for-all. View our policies at http://goo.gl/9HgTd and http://goo.gl/ou6Ip. © Bangkok Post PCL. All rights reserved. Kyan Thet Khaint, a migrant volunteer, gives COVID-19 information to migrant workers during a COVID-19 mass testing at a migrant...
The Regional Director elect for WHO SEARO delivered a speech on Institutionalizing Social Participation at the NHA 16, Thailand On December 21,2023, Ms. Saima Wazed, the Regional Director-elect for WHO South-East Asia and the Chairperson of Shuchona Foundation delivered the...
The WHO Side-Event advocated social participation as a key governance strategy for responsive government actions in South-East Asia Reported by Dr. Neethi V Rao, PhD Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, India This side-event on Institutionalising Social Participation for Health and Wellbeing was convened by the...
Bangkok Health Insurance Fund Strengthened Through Collaboration Source : https://www.newsdirectory3.com/strengthening-public-health-nhco-nhso-and-partners-collaborate-to-drive-the-bangkok-health-insurance-fund/ The National Health Commission Office (NHCO), in partnership with the National Health Security Office (NHSO), the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Bangkok, and various network agencies, recently held an exchange meeting to discuss ways to strengthen and promote the...
International Workshop on 2023 Thai UHC Journey Workshop : Social Participation in Health Decision-Making November 27-Dec 1,2023, Bangkok Thailand The workshop will lead you to discover why “Social Participation is important in health decision making” and “How to institutionalize Social Participation in Thailand”. These will ultimately lead...
WHA side event rallied political support for institutionalizing social participation in health decision-making There was a full house at the Restaurant Vieux-Bois for the WHA side event, Institutionalizing social participation for PHC, UHC and health security. The event, which took place on 22 May in Geneva, was co-hosted...