VIJAI AMMARALIKIT VIJAI AMMARALIKIT MAYOR MAYOR PHANATNIKOM MUNICIPALITY CHONBURI,THAILAND [email protected]Healthy city approach to Healthy city approach to address health inequity in address health inequity in Phanatnikom Municipality, Thailand Phanatnikom Municipality, Thailand Regional Regional Workshop on Urban Health Equity Assessment Workshop on Urban Health Equity Assessment and Intersectoral Responses and Intersectoral Responses WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 24-7-29 Nov 2012 WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 24-7-29 Nov 2012
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VIJAI AMMARALIKIT MAYOR PHANATNIKOM MUNICIPALITY CHONBURI,THAILAND [email protected] Healthy city approach to address health inequity in Phanatnikom.
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Healthy city approach to Healthy city approach to address health inequity in address health inequity in
Phanatnikom Municipality, ThailandPhanatnikom Municipality, ThailandRegional Regional Workshop on Urban Health Equity Assessment Workshop on Urban Health Equity Assessment
and Intersectoral Responses and Intersectoral Responses
WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 24-7-29 Nov 2012WHO/SEARO, New Delhi, 24-7-29 Nov 2012
1. Background1. Background
• Located in Chonburi Province, Chonburi Province, 87 kilometers from Bangkok, eastern part of Thailand
• Area covered: 2.67 square kilometers• Population covered: 12,279
(5,593 males, 6,686 females)• City vision:
Better health & environment, Better health & environment, peaceful society, peaceful society, conspicuous of tradition-art-culture-education,conspicuous of tradition-art-culture-education,toward toward HEALTHY CITY HEALTHY CITY ””
Our stakeholdersNational Health Security Organization, ThailandProvincial and District Hospitals10 Communities4 Municipal schools
3. Activities and outcomes3. Activities and outcomes
Prevention and control of Prevention and control of epidemic diseases and non-infectious diseases epidemic diseases and non-infectious diseases
Pregnancy care and Health facilities for communitiesPregnancy care and Health facilities for communities
Low income settlement improvementLow income settlement improvement
Before After
Produced bio liquid detergent from organic waste Produced bio liquid detergent from organic waste and use for cleaning to reduce chemicaland use for cleaning to reduce chemical
5. Lesson LearnedMajor benefits implementing Healthy citiesEconomyEconomy-Reduce medical treatment cost of household-Reduce fiscal budget of municipality on health care investmentSocialSocial-Happiness society-Less conflict between municipality and community-More conciliation among people-People willing on participationEnvironmentEnvironment-Clean and green city guarantee by the winner of the cleanest city award and sustainable city award
5. Lesson learned5. Lesson learnedMain challenges and successes
Healthy city should not focus on Healthy city should not focus on only health aspect but social and only health aspect but social and environmental aspects must be environmental aspects must be concerned. concerned.
Healthy city can not be done and Healthy city can not be done and sustainable just only local sustainable just only local government itself but participation government itself but participation among strategic partners is the among strategic partners is the main key successful factormain key successful factor
Our pride to be HEALTHY CITY and we will go forward to do better job