Thailand has enjoyed significant successes in improving public health. But changing demographic and disease patterns, as well as financial pressures from the provision of universal health insurance coverage, has been hampering efforts by the government to sustain current healthcare programs. The CDP-H, a three-year program, provides for World Bank technical support to help Thailand improve the development of its health sector. 
 
The CDP-H is designed to help the government (i) improve the effectiveness of Thailand’s HIV/AIDS response, (ii) improve the effectiveness of public expenditures in the health sector, and (iii) improve the sector’s human resources and workforce management.

Thailand’s three public health insurance schemes cover about 74 percent of the populationÂ

Under the first component, the Bank will provide technical support for analysis of changing disease patterns in Thailand, as well as the development and the implementation of an effective HIV/AIDS intervention strategy. 
 
The second component supports the management of three public health insurance schemes, which altogether account for almost three quarters of public spending in health sector. (The Universal Coverage Scheme, the Social Health Insurance Scheme for formal sector employees, and the Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme for public sector employees and dependants).  

The Bank will assist in evaluating financial needs for all three schemes, identify the sources of funds, and analyze cost pressures on the universal coverage scheme arising from changing demographic and disease patterns. To ensure efficient use of public resources for medical care and services, which will help the government sustain public health program financing in the long run, the Bank will also help the government develop policy options to harmonize the three public health insurance schemes.

The last component of the CDP-H is focused on addressing the shortage of qualified health professionals, especially in the rural or remote areas. This component is part of the regional World Bank program on health sector human resources.

Partners in the CDP-H:
:: Ministry of Public Health (primary partner)
:: National Health Security Office (NHSO)
:: International Health Policy Program (IHPP)
:: Department of Disease Control
:: National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB)
:: Ministry of Finance
:: Ministry of Interior
:: Ministry of Labor 

Financial support for the CDP-H comes from:
:: The Institutional Development Fund
:: World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program
:: The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria 

 

For more information on
the CDP-H, please contact Sutayut Osornprasop at
0-2686-8351, email: sosornprasop@worldbank.org 

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