NCCIE Honored to Be A Significant Part of PMAC 2020 in Thailand
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues, which will be held on January 28th – February 2nd, 2020 at Centara Grand Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld in Bangkok, Thailand. N.C.C. International Events (NCCIE) was honorably assigned by Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital to coordinate to other related parties; manage and support the conference.
The PMAC 2020 is co-hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, Mahidol University, the World Health Organization, The World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, United States Agency for International Development, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan, Japan International Cooperation Agency, China Medical Board, The Rockefeller Foundation, Chatham House, with support from other key related partners.
The theme of the conference is “Accelerating Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage” which will present evidence and advance discussion on:
- Progress on UHC goals and challenges for the next decade in the context of global megatrends and other SDGs.
- Developing PHC-based health systems to efficiently and effectively meet the needs of people over the life course, including consolidated actions to develop diverse and sustainable health workforce.
- Transforming service delivery models and implementing quality improvement strategies to achieve people centered and integrate care.
- What does it take to implement and scale up the core principles and strategies of health financing for UHC.
- Harnessing socially responsible and equity enhancing innovations in medical technologies, digital health, service delivery and health financing that help to accelerate progress towards UHC goals.
- Strengthening leadership and accountability to accelerate progress towards UHC and SDGs and the role of local authorities and civil society in moving from commitment to action.
The highlights of the conference include interesting seminar topics by top-notch speakers expertized in UHC from Thailand and other countries across the world. There are special activities such as field trip, art contest, healthy meeting space by Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF) and Thai traditional massage.
