On December 9, 2021, at 13.00 hours, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Boonchob Suttamanaswong assigned Deputy Permanent Secretary of Labour, Mrs. Tongjai Suthat Na Ayutthaya, to join the 19th ASEAN & Japan High-Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies through teleconference, which took place at the International Cooperation Bureau Conference Room, 12th floor, Ministry of Labour. Japan hosted the meeting.
The conference’s main theme was “guidelines for good mental health care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic”. The meeting discussed and exchanged information on important issues such as mental health policies and services for working people, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, mental health service personnel training in the local community, and assistance for medical personnel providing mental health services. ASEAN member countries presented information on the main topic of the meeting, whereby representatives from the Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health acted as Thailand’s representative on presenting the topic.
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Division of Public Relations
9 December 2021
