Skip to content

Climate and Health Country Profile - 2015: Thailand

Thailand is a country of 67 million peoplea which, despite challenges, has had sustained economic growth since the late 1980’s.b After many years of progress Thailand has attained upper middle income status and is likely to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals.b A universal health-coverage scheme was established in 2002c and in 2013 total expenditure on health was 4.6% of GDP.d Investments in population health and infrastructure, though, are likely to be threatened by climate change – particularly through increased exposure to rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and sea level rise. Poverty (12.64% of the population was below the poverty line in 2012e), urban expansion, deforestation, and soil degradation may further complicate the situation, reducing community resilience and adaptive capacity. A climate-change strategy is currently being devised, but efforts are still required to ensure the health system in Thailand is fully prepared to respond to many of the worst effects of climate change.

Data Resources (1)

Data Resource Preview - Climate and Health Country Profile 2015: Thailand

Additional Info

Field Value
Document type Issue and policy briefs
Language of document
  • English
Topics
  • Climate change
  • Environment and natural resources
  • Mitigation
  • Public health
  • Water and sanitation
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Thailand
Copyright Yes
Access and use constraints

© Copyright World Health Organization (WHO), 2018. All Rights Reserved.

The information in the various pages of the WHO web site is issued by the World Health Organization for general distribution. The information presented is protected under the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literature and Artistic works, under other international conventions and under national laws on copyright and neighbouring rights. Extracts of the information in the web site may be reviewed, reproduced or translated for research or private study but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes.

Any use of information in the web site should be accompanied by an acknowledgment of WHO as the source, citing the uniform resource locator (URL) of the article. Reproduction or translation of substantial portions of the web site, or any use other than for educational or other non-commercial purposes, require explicit, prior authorization in writing. Applications and enquiries should be addressed to the programme responsible for the page used.

Version / Edition 2015
License unspecified
Contact

For more information please contact: World Health Organization Country Office for Thailand 4th Fl.,Permanent Secretary Bld 3 Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi Tel: +6625918198, Fax: +6625918199 Email: setharegistry@who.int

Author (corporate) World Health Organization
Publication place Geneva, Switzerland
Publisher World Health Organization
Publication date 2015
Pagination 8
Keywords water safety plan,National Health Adaption Plan,Climate Change Impacts
Date uploaded January 9, 2018, 09:35 (UTC)
Date modified July 2, 2018, 03:39 (UTC)