The United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (UNIATF) led by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director-General for Programmes, conducted a joint mission to Thailand, 27-30 August 2018.The mission consisted of ten UN agencies: FAO, ITU, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNEP UNFPA, UNICEF, UNWomen, WFP and WHO and a large number of Thai experts.
Meetings were held with the Prime Minister, ministers and senior officials across government as well as civil society organizations, selected private sector entities and academic institutions.Noncommunicable diseases: Thailand country profileNCDs are estimated to account for 74% of all deaths in Thailand and the probability of premature death from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes