Public sector preparedness for

ASEAN Community

Watchai Charunwatthana

Bureau of Health Administration

Office of Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Public Health

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ASEAN CommunityOne Vision, One Identity, One Community

• 3 Pillars

– ASEAN Political - Security Community – APSC

– ASEAN Economic Community – AEC

– ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community – ASCC

ASEAN Political and Security Community - APSC

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Action lines under ASEAN Political-Security Blueprint Health

A. A Rules-based Community of Shared Values and Norms

A.1. Cooperation in Political Development

A.2. Shaping and Sharing of Norms

B. A Cohesive, Peaceful and Resilient Region with Shared Responsibility for

Comprehensive Security

B.1. Conflict Prevention/Confidence Building Measures

B.2. Conflict Resolution and Pacific Settlement of Disputes

B.3. Post-Conflict Peace-building

B.4. Non-Traditional Security Issues

B.5. Strengthen ASEAN Cooperation on Disaster Management and Emergency

Response*

B.6. Effective and timely response to urgent issues or crisis situations affecting

ASEAN

C. A Dynamic and Outward-looking Region in An Increasingly Integrated and

Interdependent World

C.1. Strengthening ASEAN Centrality in Regional Cooperation and Community Building

C.2. Promoting enhanced ties with External Parties

C.3. Strengthening Consultations and Cooperation on Multilateral Issues of Common Concern

ASEAN Economic Community - AEC

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Action lines under ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint Health

A. Single Market and Production Base

A1. Free flow of goods

A2. Free flow of services

A3. Free flow of investment

A4. Freer flow of capital

A5. Free flow of skilled labour

A6. Priority Integration Sectors

A7. Food, Agriculture and Forestry

B. Competitive Economic Region

B1. Competition Policy

B2. Consumer Protection

B3. Intellectual property rights (IPR)

B4. Infrastructure Development

B5. Taxation

B6. E-Commerce

C. Equitable Economic Development

C1. SME development

C2. Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI)

D. Integration into the Global Economy

D1. Coherent Approach towards External Economic Relations

D2. Enhanced participation in global supply networks

ASEAN Socio-cultural Community - ASCC

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Action lines under ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint Health

A. Human Development

A.1. Advancing and prioritising education

A.2. Investing in human resource development

A.3. Promotion of decent work

A.4. Promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

A.5. Facilitating access to applied Science and Technology (S&T)

A.6. Strengthening entrepreneurship skills for women, youth, elderly and persons with Disabilities

A.7. Building civil service capability

B. Social Welfare and Protection

B.1. Poverty Alleviation

B.2. Social safety net and protection from the negative impacts of integration and

globalization

B.3. Enhancing food security and safety

B.4. Access to healthcare and promotion of healthy lifestyles

B.5. Improving capability to control communicable diseases

B.6. Ensuring a drug-free ASEAN

B.7. Building disaster-resilient nations and safer communities

C. Social Justice and Rights

C.1 Promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities

C.2. Protection and promotion of the rights of migrant workers

C.3 Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Action lines under ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint สาธารณสขุ

D. Ensuring Environmental Sustainability

D.1. Addressing global environmental issues

D.2. Managing and preventing trans-boundary environmental pollution

D.3. Promoting sustainable development through environmental education and public participation

D.4. Promoting Environmentally Sound Technology (EST)

D.5. Promoting quality living standards in ASEAN cities/urban areas

D.6. Harmonizing environmental policies and databases

D.7. Promoting the sustainable use of coastal and marine environment

D.8. Promoting Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity

D.9. Promoting the Sustainability of Freshwater Resource

D.10. Responding to Climate Change and addressing its impacts

D.11. Promoting Sustainable Management (SFM)

E. Building ASEAN Identity

E.1. Promotion of ASEAN awareness and a sense of community

E.2. Preservation and promotion of ASEAN cultural heritage

E.3. Promotion of Cultural Creativity and Industry

E.4. Engagement with the community

F. Narrowing the Development Gap

ASEAN Socio-cultural Community – ASCC

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Health Cooperation mechanism for ASEAN

3 Levels

• Health Ministers Meeting – HMM

• Senior Officer Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD)

• Subsidiary Bodies and Task Forces

HMM

SOMHD

Task forces

Task forces

Task forces

Task forces

Task forces

Task forces

Task forces

SOMHD Subsidiary Bodies and Task Forces

• ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA)

• ASEAN Focal Point on Tobacco Control (AFPTC)

• ASEAN Expert Group on Food Safety (AEGFS)

• ASEAN Expert on Communicable Diseases (AEGCD)

• ASEAN Plus Three Field Epidemiology ASEAN Training Network (ASEAN Plus Three FETN)

• ASEAN Working Group on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (WGPPR)

• ASEAN Working group on Pharmaceutical Development (AWGPD)

• ASEAN Task Force on Traditional Medicine (ATFTM)

• ASEAN Task Force on Maternal and Child Health (ATFMCH)

• ASEAN Task Force on Non Communicable Disease (ATFNCD)

• ASEAN Mental Health Task Force (AMT)

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Areas in Health without Subsidiary Bodies

1. Increases Access to Health Services for ASEAN People

2. Migrant Health

3. Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Population Movement into Thailand

905,573

72.56%

106,970

8.57%

235,521

18.87%

Total Registration Dec. 2011

1,248,064

Source : Office of Foreign workers Administration, MoL

WITH THE ILL AND POOR MIGRANTS?

Healthy Thailand?

Vision : Healthy Thailand, Healthy ASEAN

Enhance competitive

ness in goods,

services and

investmentDevelop

quality of life and social protection

Develop human

resources

Develop law and

regulation

Strengthen Social safety

Establish Healthcare

City

6 Health Strategy for ASEAN community

Strategy 1 Enhance competitiveness in goods,

services and investment (2250.9)

Expand market (65)

Enhance competitive advantage for- Thai massage and SPA

2. Strengthen potential of health product and service (575.9)

Increase efficiency of production (127.9)- Thai herb - Skill of Thai massage personnel

Enhance healthcare standard (448)- Thai massage - Thai herb product (Product Champion)- External Expert consultation system

3. Marketing (60)

Create Thai Brand and Image for Healthcare product - Hi-Tech &Hi-Touch (Hospitality & Thainess)

Strategy 2 Enhance hospital capacity and capability for healthcare service provision in healthcare city

Healthcare city (3375)

- Enhance academic capability for 5 regional hospitals- Develop medical center of excellence in dental, ophthalmological, olfactory and dermatological practice- establish development and accreditation center for healthcare service and support standard- promote healthcare organization for accreditation- strengthen capacity and capability for small and medium size hospital along the border

Strategy 3 Develop Social Protection (1294)

1 Social protection and welfare (105)

Develop disease control and prevention system for communicable disease across border - Surveillance center and network (50)

- Establish one stop Service health checkpoint and IHR standard and Develop data communication and linkage (1529)

Develop cooperation network to create proactive role establish learning center (30)

4. Establishment of Health Impact Evaluation and surveillance system (175.5)

Develop body of knowledge and information system for research (55)

Develop policy researcher and expert – Master and PhD degree (62)

3. Strengthen healthcare system for migrant worker (847.5)

Increase access to care- enhance health insurance system- Health insurance fund- friendly service mind , translator and language literacy

2. Consumer protection and Control for goods across the border (220)

Surveillance system development for non-standard goods (220)- develop officer for surveillance- Establish Standard and Best Practice- Information system

Promote academic research (58.5)- develop new research- exchange research knowledge and researcher

Strategy 4 Promoting Social Safety (3.78)

Prevention and Control for drug addiction

Create cooperation network among associated firms for drug addition and trafficking- cooperation in monitoring precursor and chemical substrate for illegal drug- establish method and procedure for monitoring and permission for controlled drug and substance- Data sharing measure

Strategy 5 Develop Human Resources (243.8 )

1. Healthcare worker and entrepreneur (237)

Preparedness for skilled healthcare worker (70)- improve skill and competency - Mutual Recognition Agreement

Public-Private partnership in (167)- improve skill and competency/ workforce production- expert for innovation in Western medicine/ Thai herb/ cosmetics- Manger and executive for medicine innovation and investment

2. Public officer(6.8)

Preparedness for knowledge and healthcare worker – public officer (6.8)- traditional Thai medicine- language literacy

Strategy 6: Develop Law and Regulation (300)

1. Establish standard and implement (300)

1.1 establish consumer protection mechanism and develop standard and Thai herb products (60)

1.2 establish consumer protection standard for alternative medicine (50)

1.3 establish standard for development for Thai folk health practice (40)

1.4 develop registration and audit system of patent and intellectual right for Thai traditional medicine (150)