Strategic Plan

The Planned Parenthood Association of Thailand under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother (PPAT) is a non-profit organization and pioneer in supporting family planning programmes of in Thailand since 1970.

Although Thailand has successfully reduced its population growth rate to a satisfying level, the rapid changes of economic and social situations, political environment, and communication technologies rendering globalization have all resulted in various aspects of social problems. They have inevitably had an impact on the population development program efforts of both the government and non-government agencies.

Taking such problems into account, along with information from careful consideration and reviewing the needs of various population groups, the relevant national policies as well as Strategic Framework of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), 2005 - 2015, PPAT has thus developed its next five-year Strategic Plan, 2005 - 2009. Also brought into consideration are the ideas and recommendations from those who will be involved in the future PPAT work. The Strategic Plan is prepared with an aim to bring PPAT to take part in solving the problems and offer its innovative contributions to directly address the issues of population and social development for target audiences in an effective and efficient manner. In addition, PPAT is also committed to making full utilization of its resources and expertise to fulfill the development programmes as well as respond to the unmet needs, especially of the disadvantaged populations whose accessibility to care and services remains unsolved. As a result, PPAT identified specific problem issues considered to be of urgent nature and focused on the existing strategic social development approaches borne from the PPAT’s leading role, especially through networking with the communities and mass media. The following areas are therefore highlighted as the PPAT’ s priorities:

1		ADOLESCENTS/YOUNG PEOPLE To increase access to adolescents and youth-friendly reproductive health education, information and services which are gender-sensitive and compatible with local traditions and cultures. To strengthen capacitiesy of adolescents/young people to enable appropriate participation in education, information dissemination and services regarding sexual and reproductive health.
2		HIV/AIDS To strengthen effectiveness in prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS by various means of effective behavioral change communication that leads to a change of risk behaviors. To improve quality of care that is culture-, ethnic-, religious- and gender-sensitive for the target population, including increasing economic opportunitiesy for the people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. To reduce stigmatization and discrimination against the people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
3		UNPLANNED PREGNANCY To empower women to exercise the right to choose appropriate family planning services and to receive a counseling service for unplanned pregnancy
4		ACCESSIBILITY TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION AND SERVICES To scale up the dissemination of information, education and reproductive health services including family planning by collaborating with network agencies, partners, and volunteers as well as upgrading the quality of service delivery units and medical personnel and equipment. To increase male commitment and involvement in strengthening loving and caring familiesy and taking responsibility for reproductive health issues, including family planning. To empower women in a decision making on choices of services and access to reproductive health information, education and services.
5		ADVOCACY To increase levels of recognition and support of high-level administrators, government and non-government officers at the national and international levels on reproductive health and rights. To strengthen recognition and support of high-level administrators, government and non-government officers, including the general public at the national and international levels regarding the rights of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. To reduce social, cultural, religious, political, economical, and legal barriers that prevent and obstruct the target populations’ to access to sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services.