Thailand: National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS)

The National Action Plan for Health Security is an Action Plan in accordance with the agreement among member states of the World Health Organization to develop disease prevention and control systems to meet standards. It is an agreement and international commitment to cooperate in managing public health events with the potential to spread across countries to various parts of the world. The intention is to prevent and control diseases, health hazards, and public health emergencies (Public Health Emergency of International Concern: PHEIC) with policies having the most negligible impact on international travel and trade.

The Action Plan comprises a vision, development goals, Action Plans for each area, indicators, strategies, measures, and project planning which have been implemented through the integration of joint operations of the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the Royal Thai Police, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and partner organizations from the public and private sectors, civil society, and the Harvard Asia Academy, with the shared vision of "Thai health standards global health standards to strengthen the health of the Thai people, support national development to be stable, prosperous, and sustainable" and this Action Plan shall be an essential guideline for the relevant agencies to follow, monitor, assess, and continually develop to raise Thailand’s standards.