Multisector Innovations to Build Thailand’s Demographic Resilience Future
At the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2026, UNFPA Thailand convened a high-level multisector dialogue on how Thailand can strengthen demographic resilience amid rapid population ageing and sustained low fertility.
Khun Siriluck Chiengwong, Head of Office, UNFPA Thailand, framed demographic resilience as a life-cycle, rights-based, and multisector agenda—calling for a shift from population size to population quality, grounded in gender equality, healthy ageing, and coordinated public–private action aligned with the 14th National Economic and Social Development Plan (NESDP).
Key takeaway:
🔸Khun Montip Sumpunthawong, Director, Human Resource and Social Development Strategy Division, NESDC – highlighted ageing and workforce decline as binding structural constraints, stressing cross-ministerial coordination and productivity-driven human capital investment.
🔸Dr. Natthapong Kunthawong, Director, Bureau of Elderly Health, Ministry of Public Health – emphasized the urgent transition from acute care to Healthy Ageing across the life course.
🔸Khun Thapanee Indradat, Director, International Cooperation Sub-Division, Division of Strategy and Plan, Department of Older Persons (DOP), Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) underscored rising pressures on families and communities, calling for sustainable community-based long-term care through professionalization and financing innovation.
🔸Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suriyadeo Tripathi, Director, Moral Promotion Center (Public Organization) – linked moral index, behavioral indicators, wellbeing, and behavioral capital to long-term productivity and social resilience.
🔸Dr. Youngyuth Mayalarp, President, Thai Lifestyle Medicine & Wellbeing Association – stressed lifestyle medicine, investment in health from early-life disease prevention, and healthy environments as foundations for healthy longevity.
🔸Khun Karnmanee Mitisubin, Senior Government & Public Affairs Manager, AstraZeneca (Thailand) – highlighted the role of early detection and prevention technologies, including AI, and the need for clear and predictable policy frameworks to scale public–private collaboration.
Thailand’s demographic resilience depends on system readiness—integrating health, care systems, prevention, data, and innovation through sustained multisector partnerships.
As a technical and policy advisor, UNFPA Thailand remains committed to convening evidence-based dialogue and supporting national implementation toward an inclusive, ageing-ready society.
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