Thailand’s capacity in driving health agenda at global level.

For the past decades, there are increasing collaboration across sectors on global health to overcome complexity of health-related problems. Thailand has played active roles in driving health-related agenda at global level through various platforms. The Global Health Diplomacy program under WHO-Royal Thai Government Country Cooperation Strategy 2016-2021 becomes a key mechanism in supporting Thailand’s movement, expanding network and building up capacity of young generation. Key success factors include coordinating agency on global health, availability adequate resources (financial, technical knowledge and global health knowledge), and continued capacity building activities for young generation through training and real-life experience. However, Thailand should consider identifying key health agenda that the country would lead, strengthening collaboration across agencies within and between countries, and developing long-term plan for capacity building aiming for Thai global health leaders to play leading roles in global arena.