Enhancing Health Resiliency Across the Region
As the Chair of ASEAN in 2024 and the ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting (AHMM), Lao PDR has set a significant agenda under the theme “Health: Transforming ASEAN Health Development Resilience in a New Context.”
In this interview featured in the ASEAN Magazine, Minister Bounfeng Phoummalaysith outlines the key priorities to enhance health resilience across the region. With ASEAN continuing its recovery from the pandemic and preparing for future crises, Minister Phoummalaysith delves into critical initiatives, including biosafety and biosecurity measures, the health security interface, the ASEAN Public Health Emergency Coordination System (APHECS), and the ASEAN Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED). He also discusses efforts to prevent HIV and AIDS and promote smoke-free advocacy, healthy lifestyles, and people’s well-being in ASEAN.
Read more details about the interview in The ASEAN Magazine: Issue 37 page 5.
The Feasibility Study of ACPHEED and the Detailed Design and Preparation Support for the ACPHEED which was implemented in 2020 and 2021 respectively are supported through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).
