Field Trips | 30 January 2025
Rapid technological advancements, including those involving Artificial Intelligence (AI), are deemed essential tools for creating a healthier, more equitable, and peaceful world. Inventive use of technologies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 has demonstrated significant benefits, for example by contributing to global environmental sustainability and biodiversity preservation. However, it is also crucial to consider the potential risks associated with these innovations, such as security threats, misinformation, disinformation, inequitable access, and privacy invasion.
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2025 (PMAC2025) will emphasize leveraging these technological advancements to ensure equitable, affordable, and comprehensive access for all populations, especially in low- and middle-income countries and for resource-constrained individuals in high-income countries. The conference will also highlight the importance of synergizing technologies to strengthen health systems, achieve the SDGs, and foster a healthy planet. Key issues such as climate change, conflict, and emerging diseases will be addressed.
Under the theme of “Harnessing Technology in an Age of AI to Build a Healthier World,” the PMAC 2025 will be organized with sub-themes: 1) Technological Innovations to Strengthen Health Systems and Achieve Universal Health Coverage, 2) Equity, Ethics, and Empowering the Vulnerable, and 3) Governance, Policy and Stewardship. The PMAC 2025 field trip will be arranged to share Thailand experiences in leveraging technological and social innovation to ensure equitable, affordable, and comprehensive access for all.
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) was first organized in 1998 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Prince Mahidol Award and again in 2002 for the 10th anniversary. In 2007, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn requested the conference to become an annual event. PMAC focuses on global public health policy, bringing together leaders and stakeholders to address high-priority health issues. The 2024 conference is hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the Royal Thai Government, and global partners like WHO, The World Bank, and The Rockefeller Foundation, among others. More information about PMAC2025 here.
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Establishing an Open Data Platform for AI development and Utilizing Metaverse in Medical Training and Patient Care in Thailand
Location : Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok
Background
The field of healthcare is undergoing significant transformation due to the adoption of digital technologies, data-driven platforms, and immersive learning tools. With these advancements, medical institutions like Ramathibodi Hospital are at the forefront of ....
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Utilizing Social Innovation and Technology to Improve Primary Care Access, Quality, and Financial Protection in UHC: The Case of '30-Baht Treatment Anywhere
Location : Saraburi Hospital, Community Physical Therapy Clinic in Saraburi Province, Community Dental Clinic in Saraburi Province, Community Pharmacy in Saraburi Province
Background and Rationale:
In an era marked by rapid technological advancements, particularly in artificial intelligence (AI), the global health landscape is experiencing transformative changes. Thailand, as a upper-middle-income country, first achieved Universal Health ....
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The Role of UHC in Strengthening Public Health and Fueling Local Innovation for Economic Growth: Thailand’s Model
Location : King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Background
At the global level, Heads of State and world leaders have committed to accelerating progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. However, in practice, progress has been slow and uneven. Even in countries that have achieved UHC, some are working t....
