17th National Health Assembly The NHA Organizing Committee has announced that the 17th National Health Assembly (NHA 17) will be held from November 27-28, 2024, under the theme "The New Wealth for Health" To enhance social participation from stakeholders nationwide and adapt to the new normal,...
Participatory public policies: A key to evidence-based policymaking Photo by EPHP2024 organizing committee The National Health Commission Office (NHCO) Thailand emphasized the importance of participatory public policy tools in linking evidence to policy during the "Bringing Evidence to Public Health Policy" (EPHP) 2024 Conference at the Indian...
Challenges faced by the Thai health system at the local level Source: https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/health/well-being/1138327 Photo Credit: https://www.hfocus.org/content/2018/05/15874 The transfer of public health service missions to the Local Government Organization (LGO), following the Decentralization Plan and Procedure Act, has seen Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospitals (SHPH) and Chaloem Phrakiat Health Stations...
Health Assembly in Thailand and Tamil Nadu, India Source AHI, Japan (https://ahi.sub.jp/eng/archives/6661 ) Asian Health Institute (AHI), Japan and ILDC alumni co-organized the online learning session called Chika-Chika on Health Assembly for social participation in Health Policy which focused on the case of Thailand Health Assembly and...
HiAP – A Tool for promoting equity by tackling root courses of health disparities Writer: Danielle Thonton, St. Catherine University, Minnesota, USA Editor: Khanitta Saeiew, NHCO Thailand The concept of Health in All Policies (HiAP) emerges as a crucial strategy for addressing health disparities and promoting health equity...