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The key part of the work is capacity building through
strengthening the individual capability of governmental and non-governmental organisations for tobacco control and by strengthening
the TFI at WHO Thailand. Support for capacity building would enable countries
to design and implement national tobacco control policy, strategy and plans,
to create or strengthen tobacco control units of the state which are
supported by a broad coalition of governmental and non-governmental organisations.
Ongoing tasks:
Provide
technical assistance to the Ministry of Public Health and other
non-governmental organisations in developing and
submitting the proposal “Towards 100% smoke-free environment (SFE) in Thailand”
to be funded under the BGI Grant.
Support
the development, promotion and implementation of the smoke-free hotel programme(List of WHO Recommended Smoke-free Hotels, click here).
Work
with the Greenleaf Foundation to recommend that the United Nations agencies,
the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) and the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), consider selecting only smoke-free
hotels for accommodating their
delegates and for organizing local activities.
Coordinate
with WHO HQ/SEARO and relevant organisations in
sending representatives from governmental and non-governmental organisations in Thailand to attend relevant
meetings on tobacco control.
Liaise
between WHO HQ/SEARO and the Ministry of Public Health, as well as concerned
non-governmental organisations, in conducting the
Assessment of National Capacity for Tobacco Control in Thailand.
Coordinate
with the MOPH and partners to develop the youth leaders for non-smoking camps
project. This is an effort to utilise the power of
peers to prevent tobacco use among young people.
Partners:
Government: The Tobacco
& Alcohol Consumption Control Group, Bureau of Non Communicable Disease
Control, Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Department of
Disease Control, Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, and other
non-health ministries.
Non-Government: Action on Smoking
and Health (ASH) Thailand, Tobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management
Centre (TRC), Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thai Health Promotion
Institute, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA), Mahidol University, and others.
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