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The Enhancement of Local Disaster Management
to Public Policy Development in Thailand
Mr. Wisut BoonyasopitDirector, National Health Assembly Department
National Health Commission Office of Thailand (NHCO)
Scopes of Presentation• Disaster situation and the 2011
flood situation in Thailand • Roles of civil society organizations
and local communities in disaster management
• Movement of participatory public policy development
• Contents of Thai NHA Resolution on disaster management with local communities as the focal point
Disaster Situations in Thailand (year 1989-2010)
Disasters Numbers(times)
PeopleInjured
Peoplekilled
Cost(million US)
Flood 213 7,896 2,938 3,735.1
Landslide 9 > 500 541 66. 2
Storm 36,024 1,367 842 163.0
Fire 46,986 3,775 1,639 916.7Tsunami 1 11,775 5,401 225.8
83,233 > 25,313
11,361 5,040.8
Department of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior
Flood Situation in Thailand, 2011• July 2011- January 2012 • Covered 65 provinces, 684 districts, with
4,086,138 households and 13,595, 192 people affected.
• Houses : whole houses 2,329; partially damaged 96, 833
• Damaged agricultural areas 11.20 million Rais; 13,961 roads; 777 drainage ditches; 724 bridges/bridge-necks; 231,919 fish/shrimp/clam farms.
• 813people were killed and 3 were lost. • The World Bank approximated damage
cost at 45,000 million baht.
Importance Causes• Communities’ lack of disaster
planning• Lack of effective warning
system and lack of accessible communication system
• People’s lack of knowledge about disaster prevention.
Songkla Partner Against Disasters
• Damage (2010) : 16 districts, 12 municipalities, 119 sub-districts, 1,049 villages/communities, 269,233 households, 802,247 people
• Activities: Providing horizontal warning system –
focus on networking Setting up database in both risk and
safe areas Encouraging communities to be alerted
and self-dependent during disasters
Examples of community roles:
Nakhon Sawan Community Network
• Damage : 4 sub-districts, 59 communities, 18, 464 households, 72, 331people
• Activities: – Setting up 11 relief shelters– Sacrificing some houses to safe
the communities – Setting up Disaster Fund
Examples of community roles:
Nakornpathom People Network
• Damage : 7 districts, 102 sub-districts, 905 villages, 85,381 households, 230,165 people
• Activities:Setting up relief shelters in
temples, schools and government offices
Setting up the shared kitchen Recovering the indigenous
orange, Nakornchaisri, orchards
Examples of community roles:
National Health Assemblyin National Health Act, 2007
a process in which the relevant public and State agencies exchange their knowledge and cordially learn from each other through a participatory and systematically organized forum, leading to recommendations on Healthy Public Policies or Public Healthiness.
Timeline- Development of public policies on community-
centered disaster management
The 14-province Southern Health Assembly Network in proposed
to enclose the issue in the agenda of The 4th NHA (May
2011)Songkla Partner Against Disasters
The agenda was announced in The 4th NHA &
academic team working on development of policy recommendation was set
up
Forum on Lessons learned from
flood management(Jan 2012)
The 4th National Health Assembly (NHA) (2-4
Feb 2012)
The Cabinet approved on NHA’s Resolution
and assigned departments to act on
accordingly (May 2012)
Flood Oct-Dec 2011
Resolutions• Revise the Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation Plans• Provide local community
network’s preparation planning• Set up national fund• set up fund and collaborative
mechanism in local level• Support knowledge management
Resolutions• Provide frequency bands for TV,
radio broadcast • Encourage development of diverse
volunteer networks• Set up area based health assembly
to address disasters in the areas. • Prepare learning curriculums in
every class level
Lessons Learn• The power of local communities and civil
society networks is crucial in dealing with disasters in Thailand in 2011
• Working experiences of local communities and civil society networks are important sources for development of the policy recommendation
• the Thai NHA, founded in accordance with the national Health Act, is a tool used for participatory development of healthy public policies, which is recognized by all sectors including the government
http.en.nationalhealth.or.thSawasdee