Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand concerned Thai children to deliver the NBTC. Add the "IPD vaccine" agenda to the board on 2 February, knocking over 200 million supporting budgets. Start piloting within this year. 69 Ready to study and evaluate the effectiveness of vaccination before considering expanding nationwide coverage.
On 24 January 2026, Dr. Chuttham Thacharee, Secretary-General of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), mentioned that the message on social media regarding the approval of the IPD vaccine or Pneumococcal Infection Vaccine (PCV) had been given to the NHSO by the Minister of Health, Mr. Pattana Prompat. Conducted this session to attend the National Health Security Commission (NBTC) meeting on 2 February to consider the Pneumococcal Vaccine (PCV) benefit.Or a vaccine against pneumonia and sepsis for children (IPD) so that Thai children can get the vaccine they need to prevent the disease.
In the past deliberations of the Policy and Strategy Sub-Committee on 23 January, the proposal was submitted to the HRLA's Board of Directors. To be convened on February 2, the PCV vaccination will be considered as a set of benefits in the 2-month, 4-month and 12-month age target groups nationwide. The meeting decided to start from the pilot injection in high-risk areas with the statement of the National Health Insurance Fund to evaluate the treatment achievement, cost-effectiveness and group immunogenicity.Along with encouraging local governments to provide their own vaccines to expand access and delegate to the NHSO. Continue to negotiate prices as low as possible to accelerate the push into the core set of benefits and present the budget details to the Subcommittee on Criteria for further consideration.
The Secretary-General of the NHSO continued that if the meeting of the HRLA's Board of Directors It was decided to start the operation first in the pilot area. has prepared the budget to support the amount of more than 200 million baht in order to be able to start operations immediately in this fiscal year. "
The NHSO Recognized the concerns of parents and pediatricians about the need for this vaccine to help prevent severe pneumonia, meningitis, and sepsis in young children at the NCPO Board meeting. On 2 February, the proposed 'Pilot Project' model will be considered in order to immediately start vaccinating children in the target area, which is an important step in collecting data to evaluate the service system and the effectiveness of vaccination to expand the results to cover all Thai children.without causing inequality, "Dr. Chatchat said.
The action is in line with the intention to provide Thai children with access to quality vaccines. The Minister of Health has directed the NHSO to: Urgent to coordinate with relevant agencies to ensure that the government and the NHSO Committed to taking full care of the health of Thai children