Statement of Thailand Representative of Thailand in the 77th World Health Assembly

Thailand is in line with India's regional statement.

For Agenda 15.1, Thailand welcomes the World Report on Social Determinants on Health Equality. We emphasize the importance of national household surveys by gender, age, and socioeconomic status. This allows us to examine equality and identify gaps in implementation among different populations.

For 15.2, Thailand focuses on two issues:

First, nutrition services, including micronutrient supplementation, behavior change and nutrition counseling, must be integrated into universal health insurance.

Second, favorable environments such as extending up to 180 days of statutory parental leave, promoting healthy foods, and restricting the marketing of unhealthy foods for infants and children are also important.

On Agenda 15.3, we ask the WHO to provide key indicators to track the actions and outcomes of the global framework for well-being and health promotion.

Thailand also highlights the important role of social engagement throughout the policy cycle in addressing health issues.

This year, Thailand is the chairman of the foreign policy and global health initiative. We are committed to working with all stakeholders by using health promotion as a path to change towards sustainable well-being for everyone.