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THE FIRST intergovernmental meeting on health & development in the ESCAP region - ESCAP's Subcommittee on Health and Development, met in Bangkok during 1 - 3 December 2004. The meeting addressed the serious development implications of the emerging double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in the region. It adopted a regional framework for strategic action to tackle the social, economic and environmental determinants of health. The regional  framework provides a template for converging multisectoral action for health and sustainable development. More

Programme and Papers

Speakers at the opening session

  • Dr. Vichai Tienthavorn, Permanent Secretary for Public Health, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
    His opening statement


 

  • HE Mr. Moon Kyung-Tae, Deputy Minister for Planning and Management, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
    His opening statement


Opening of the exhibition on "Converging Development Actions for Health" and launch of the UNAIDS publication "Portraits of Commitment"


(From left to right)

  • Ms. DRA Hj. R. Ella M. Giri Komala, Religious Leader of MUI for Women's Empowerment, Indonesia
  • Dr. Swarup Sarkar, Team Leader, a.i., UNAIDS/SEAPICT, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Bangkok
  • Ms. Karen Emmons, Writer (Portraits of Commitment, UNAIDS publication)
  • Mr. Alexander A. Arvizu, HIV/AIDS Coordinator and Deputy Chief of Mision, United States Embassy, Bangkok
  • Ms. Keiko Okaido, Deputy Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
  • HE Mr. Moon Kyung-Tae, Deputy Minister for Planning and Management, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea
  • Ms. Thelma Kay, Director, Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP
  • Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, Honorable Chairperson, Safe Motherhood Network of Nepal, Kathmandu

 

 

 


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