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"Our greatest concern must always rest with disadvantaged
and vulnerable groups.
These groups are often hidden, live in remote rural areas
or shantytowns
and have little political voice."
Dr Margaret Chan
WHO Director-General
The
work of the WHO Thailand Country Office is in line with the overall goal of
the WHO as an organization. Based on the WHO Country Cooperation Strategy
2008-2011, the work of WHO Thailand encompasses:
§ Advocacy, technical advice
and technical services/support to the government, UN agencies and other
development partners on health and health-related matters;
§ Partnership and coordination
with other stakeholders for effective response, especially in tackling health
issues;
§ Identifying Thai technical expertise
and facilitating the sharing of the expertise with neighbouring
countries, other Regions and also globally;
§ Providing administrative
support to the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office, WHO Headquarters and
other WHO Country Offices in arranging fellowships, consultations,
conferences and technical meetings and facilitating laboratory services to
Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal under the Polio Eradication Programme;
§ Disseminating WHO’s policies
and positions through the media and other communication channels; and
§ Providing administrative
support and common services to WHO sub-regional health units that are based
in Bangkok.
The
two regional sub-units work with partners within Thailand
and partners in neighbouring countries in the Mekong Basin and South-East Asia Region.
Their areas of work are briefly described below:
Mekong Malaria Programme
§ Facilitate the implementation
and monitoring of a comprehensive Mekong
malaria strategy endorsed by national authorities and stakeholders
§ Pool best practices and achievements
in malaria control within the Mekong
Basin and facilitate
exchange of communication particularly on best methodological approaches in
malaria prevention and control
§ Pool expertise and provide
technical assistance to countries in the Mekong Basin
WHO
Regional Sub-unit for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR
sub-unit)
The
main aim of this sub-unit is to support countries in developing the required
core capacities for:
§ implementing the
International Health Regulations of 2005
(IHR 2005)
§ strengthening the Field
Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP)
§ executing the Asia-Pacific
Strategy for emerging Diseases (APSED)
§ developing early warning
systems and risk assessment of potential public health emergencies of
international concern (PHEICs)
§ promoting research
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