| Target | Indicator | Result |
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SDG 3
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
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| 3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being | 3.4.1 Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease | The good controlled blood pressure among hypertensive elderly was at 71% and 23% of diabetics had lower hemoglobin A1C (good glycemic control). |
| 3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all | 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services (defined as the average coverage of essential services based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access, among the general and the most disadvantaged population) | In 2019, 60 participants in Bang Talat sub-district located in Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi province got basic health care services and medicine. |
Thailand is encountering some significant risks caused by an increase of ageing population. Dismally, caregivers themselves are getting older. Family members also suffer high stress, especially when they have to look after bed-bound parents. The government sustenance via Villager Health Volunteers (VHV) has supported communities to look after ageing members. In rural areas, members of tight-knit communities often co-operate, but in urban society they face a shortage of manpower especially among those who are able to take care of these elderly. Moreover, ageing people have limited financial resources to access health services. Panyananthaphikkhu Chonprathan Medical Center (PCMC) provides onsite community clinic for elderly in Bang Talat sub-district located in Pak Kret District, Nonthaburi province.
This project facilitates senior citizens getting the access to a quality essential healthcare services: treatment, health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation at one-stop service.
1. Nobody misses any medical appointment at hypertension and diabetes clinic.
2. The good controlled blood pressure among hypertensive elderly was at 71% and 23% of diabetics had lower hemoglobin A1C (good glycemic control).
3. Good health behavior had been improved along with 57% of elderly who participate in health behavior change program. Among these, 10% acquire an excellent level and 37% are in good level.
