📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
HWG_13_2025S
Project Title
APEC Roadmap for Sustainable Cardiovascular Health and Economic Resilience
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
Self-Funded
Project Year
2025
Sponsoring Forum
Health Working Group (HWG)
Topics
Health
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Thailand
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Peru
Expected Start Date
01/12/2025
Expected Completion Date
31/10/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Anek Kanoksilp
Job Title 1
*Organization 1
Central Chest Institute of Thailand
Telephone 1
+66 85 519 0195
Email 1
anekk@ccit.mail.go.th
Project Proponent Name 2
Dimple Natali
Job Title 2
Program Lead
Organization 2
APAC CVD Alliance
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Anek Kanoksilp
Project Cost (US$)
$70,000.00
Project Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death globally. Despite being largely preventable, CVD imposes a major economic burden on APEC economies, exceeding USD72 billion annually in just seven economies, with indirect costs like lost productivity surpassing direct medical spending.
This project supports APEC economies in developing comprehensive evidence informed CVD strategies and policy roadmaps. It aligns with the APEC Health Working Group’s priorities on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), universal health coverage, and resilient health systems using a whole-of-government and multi-sectoral approach. It also builds on outcomes of the APAC Heart Summit, co-hosted by Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, National health Security Office, and the APAC CVD Alliance and regional Call to Action.
The project will deliver a CVD roadmap for APEC economies, grounded in epidemiological and economic evidence, and identify scalable, context-appropriate interventions. It aims to strengthen cross-economy collaboration, promote policy innovation, and support APEC’s broader goals of inclusive growth and workforce productivity by reducing the burden of CVD across the APEC economies.
