Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health opens a meeting of the APEC health working group to discuss building health security following the “Covid” pandemic, turning the economy back with health Including health investment, medical hub, service hub and product hub, ready to make action plans for each economic zone to move in the same direction.
On Aug. 23 at the Millennium Hilton Hotel, Bangkok, Dr. Kiatpoom Wongrachit, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) presided over the opening of the Health Working Group (HWG) meeting. SOM3/2022 within the APEC Health Week meeting between 22-26 August 2022 that the meeting is a high-level meeting of medical and public health officials. Level of the Permanent Secretary or representative of each health economic zone It is the first international health conference in Thailand. following the covid outbreak The goal is to help create awareness in the APEC region. to restore the economy and health following the covid crisis Get ready for new challenges along the way.
Dr. Kiattipoom said The conference covers health, economics and innovation that will improve the future global health system. health plan By coming together to analyze and share opinions on various issues. challenging focusing on health security Because during the Covid outbreak, health problems affect the economy. Therefore, following the pandemic is over, the economy must be restored with health as well. By investing in health, medical hub, service hub and product hub, following the meeting, various agreements will be drawn up as an action plan to allow each economic zone to operate in the same direction.
“For health security, for example, on the matter of the ASEAN Center on Response to Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED), which invites ministers of economic zones to to join the opening on August 26, which the center is located at the Bang Rak Hospital building, which is divided into which country will do what But the secretariat must be established first. It is considered international cooperation in surveillance, prevention and response, which is the starting point for health security in emerging diseases,” said Dr. Kiatpoom.
