New U.S. Programs to Help Thailand Manage Future Floods

Friday, January 20, 2012

Bangkok, Thailand – The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing three new programs to help Thai authorities and first responders prepare for and manage future emergencies.  The first program will provide Incident Command System (ICS) training to Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation experts in the Thai Ministry of Interior. The other two programs, managed by the Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, will help hospitals, first responders and local communities prepare for future disasters and focus on risk reduction, with training in 19 highly flood-prone Thai provinces.

Combating Tuberculosis in Burma, China & Thailand

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Bangkok, Thailand – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded

a new five-year project to FHI 360 to combat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the Greater Mekong Region.

 

For more information please see the press release in its entirety: Combating Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Burma, China & Thailand

ASEAN Trade Pilot Program: Single Window

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Bali, November 18, 2011 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) nations moved one step closer to officials agreed to launch a pilot project to test a regional system that could dramatically reduce the time needed to process import and export documents, potentially saving businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia millions of dollars. For more informaiton please see the press release in its entirety: ASEAN Trade Pilot Program.

U.S. Flood Relief in Thailand

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

On behalf of the American people, USAID is working to help our friends throughout Thailand who are suffering from devastating floods that have affected the lives of more than 2.1 million people in 27 provinces and have killed 377 people since late July.   USAID, through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) have provided more than $1 million in the form of supplies including boats, generators, water pumps and filters, and life jackets.  The United States government provided the support of a military surveillance and humanitarian team, in addition to funding and support.  The U.S. Embassy community in Thailand has contributed food and money, and donated blood, to help victims of this natural disaster.  For more on the flooding in Thailand and the ongoing U.S. relief efforts please visit U.S. Embassy Thailand’s flood information page. 

First Female Wildlife Enforcement Ranger

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Santi, Indonesia’s Investigator of the Year in 2010, recently became the first woman ever to pass through the RDMA-funded Freeland Foundation’s wildlife enforcement ranger training.  Freeland Foundation runs the USAID-funded ARREST program to end illegal wildlife trafficking in Asia.  The rigorous training course was designed and taught by Freeland Foundation instructors in Thailand’s Khao Yai National Park.  Santi said she was “very happy” with the training.  For more information on Freeland Foundation and their work to save wildlife please visit freeland.org. 

USAID Promotes National Energy Rating System for China

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Provincial and municipal officials attended a US-China Sustainable Buildings Partnership (SBP) workshop reviewing lessons learned from the U.S. energy performance rating system. The USAID-supported SBP will begin working with these officials to develop a prototype to support policies and programs that will reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in China.