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History of the CCM Thailand

Thailand has established a partnership with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) and has implemented Global Fund Grants since 2002. Thailand Country Coordination Mechanism was established by order of the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand in 2002 (MOPH order number 184/2545 dated 18 February 2002 B.E. 2545.

CCM Meeting schedule 2023

CCM Leadership

Dr. Suriya Wongkongkathep MD, MPH

Public Health Consultant
Former Deputy Permanent Secretary, MOPH Thailand serve as CCM Chair 

Dr.Krongthong Thimasarn, MD

Advisory committee of Malaria Association of Thailand  
serve as CCM Vice Chair

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sukhontha Kongsin, Ph.D.

Head of Research Centre for Health Economics and Evaluation, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
serve as CCM Vice Chair

Dr. Patchara Benjarattaporn, Ph.D.

UNAIDS Country Director for Thailand
served as CCM Vice Chair 

Dr. Phusit Prakongsai, MD, Ph.D.

Former Senior Advisor on Health Promotion, MOPH of Thailand
served as Executive Secretary of CCM-Thailand