Prince Mahidol Award Conference
Background
Prince Mahidol of Songkla is the father of His Majesty the King of Thailand. The Thai people recognize Prince Mahidol as "The Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health of Thailand" due to HRH's great contribution to the progress of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. The Prince Mahidol Award Foundation was established in 1992 to commemorate the Centenary Anniversary of HRH's Birthday. The Prince Mahidol Award is conferred annually by His Majesty the King of Thailand to individual(s) or institution(s) for outstanding performance and/or research that has a global impact in the field of medicine and public health.
Prince Mahidol Award
In celebration of the 5th and 10th anniversary of the Award in 1997 and 2002, two international conferences were convened, focused on the issues of health-related scientific research and discoveries. In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Award in 2007, the Royal Thai Government and the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation decided to convene an annual international conference focusing on policy-related public health issues of global significance. The general objective of the annual Prince Mahidol Award International Conference is to bring together leading public health leaders and stakeholders from around the world to discuss high priority global health issues, summarize findings and propose concrete solutions. It aims at being an international forum that Global Health Institutes, both public and private, can co-own and use for the advocacy and the seeking of international advices on important global health issues.
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The PMA Conference will be held annually in the final week of January right after the awarding ceremony of the Prince Mahidol Award. It is usually an invitation only conference, sponsored by the Royal Thai Government, the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, and co-sponsored by other global partners, for example the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the Rockefeller Foundation. The Secretariat is a coordinated team from the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mahidol University.
- The first annual Prince Mahidol Award International Conference in 2007 was organized with the theme of "Improving Access to Essential Health Technologies: Focusing on Neglected Diseases, Reaching Neglected Populations".
- The second annual international conference in 2008 focused on "Three Decades of Primary Health Care: Reviewing the Past and Defining the Future" to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Primary Health Care.
- The third annual Prince Mahidol Award International Conference in 2009 was under the theme of "Mainstreaming Health into Public Policies".
- The fourth annual Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2010 was organized in conjunction with the first Global Health Information Forum.
- The fifth annual Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2011 was organized in conjunction with the Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health.
The address of the conference website is www.pmaconference.mahidol.ac.th
The e-mail address of the Conference Secretariat is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
