Pattaya, Thailand, November 18, 2022 / TRAVELINDEX / Thailand's Deputy Minister of Health led the press conference for the opening of the 6th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP2022) at PEACH in Pattaya. Mr. Satit Pitutecha (3rd from left), Deputy Minister of Health, and Mr. Jose Oying Rimon II (4th from left), Director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, held a press conference at the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (PEACH) of the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya prior to the official opening of the 6th International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP2022), the world's largest scientific conference on family planning, sexual and reproductive health, and rights. Also present at the press conference were Mr. Thawatchai Srithong (2nd from left), Governor of Chonburi, and Mr. Poramet Ngampichet (far left), Mayor of Pattaya.

The photo shows, from left to right: Mr. Poramet Ngampichet; Mr. Thawatchai Srithong; Mr. Satit Pitutecha; Mr. Jose Oying Rimon II; Emeritus Clinical Prof. Dr. Vitaya Titapant, President of the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; and Mr. Mechai Viravaidhya, Founder and Chairman of the Population and Community Development Association.

The four-day ICFP2022 brought together over 3,500 international policymakers, researchers, activists, and stakeholders from more than 125 countries in Pattaya. Co-organizers of the conference included the Thai Ministry of Health, the Royal Thai College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Population and Community Development Association, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (USA). Several high-profile participants, including Mr. Mechai Viravaidhya, were awarded the Global Humanitarian Prize for Women's and Children's Health at the conference.

The conference takes place at a crucial turning point in global healthcare and provided leaders with a platform to define their FP2030 milestones and commitments in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.