1. Experience at the
67th World Health Assembly
Geneva, Switzerland
May 19-24, 2014
Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
August 13, 2014
2. Origin
• MU President Dr. Rajata
Rajatanavin’s vision & policy to build
internal capacity on global health
• Executed by MU Global Health
(MUGH) Director Dr. Churnrurtai
Kanchanachitra
• MUGH provided funding for 67th
WHA participation
3. New participants prepped in a 1-week National
Workshop on Global Health Diplomacy, cohosted
by MoPH, IHPP & MUGH
Preparation
4. • Faculty of Public Health
– Asst. Prof. Kwanjai Amnatsatsue, Ph.D.
(Deputy Dean)
• Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
– Pattarawalai Talungchit, M.D.
• Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi
Hospital
– Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt, M.D., Ph.D.
MU Delegates
6. • Agenda-based assignments
– Global strategy & targets for post-2015 TB
• Assisting DDC delegate in writing summary report
– Global vaccine action plan
• Assisting DDC delegate in polishing draft
intervention & writing summary report
– F/U on Human Resources for Health
• Assisting Praboromarajchanok Institute delegate on
polishing draft intervention as SEAR One Voice
Statement
My Participation
9. • Side meeting assignments
– Winning the global fight against TB
– GAVI Alliance Updates
– Framing a global strategy on human resource
for health (HRH)
My Participation
11. “... In my view,
something is
fundamentally wrong in
this world when a
corporation can
challenge government
policies introduced to
protect the public from a
product that kills.”
Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO Director-
General (May 19, 2014 Address to
67th WHA)
Address by WHO DG
12. • Emerged Opportunities
– Contributing to positioning &
draft intervention on electronic
voting system for WHO DG
election (as IT resource
person)
My Participation
13. • Emerged Opportunities
– Observing interactions in a drafting group on
non-state actor involvement in WHO
• Witnessed roles & importance of Chair in success
or failure of the agenda
– Communication & IT support for Thai
delegation
My Participation
14. • Teamwork & Complementary roles
• Upstream & downstream policymaking at
global and national levels
– Roles of the university & academia
• Networking
• Information system & data issues present
in almost all agenda items
Lessons
15. • Department of Community Medicine
• Director of Health Policy & Management
Center, Ramathibodi
• Dean, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi
Hospital
• MUGH Director & Staff
• MU President
• IHPP & MoPH
• All 67th WHA delegates
Acknowledgments
