SDG Impact Detail

Have current collaborations with local, national, or global health institutions to improve health and well-being outcomes. 

Prince of Songkla University (PSU) maintains active collaborations with health institutions and health-related organisations at the local, national, and international levels to improve health and well-being outcomes. These partnerships integrate healthcare services, public-health initiatives, research, professional development, and health innovation to strengthen health systems and improve access to quality care.

Collaboration with Local Health Institutions

PSU works closely with local health authorities, primary care units, local administrative organisations, and community networks across Southern Thailand.

A key example is the collaboration between the Faculty of Nursing and the Songkhla Provincial Administrative Organization to strengthen breastfeeding promotion and improve maternal and child health. Through partnerships with primary care units, local administrative organisations, and communities, PSU integrates nursing education, research, academic services, and healthcare delivery to address local health needs, promote disease prevention, and strengthen continuity of care.

Other health-science faculties, including Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dentistry, also collaborate with local health agencies to assess community health needs, promote rational drug use, strengthen referral systems, and improve health literacy.

Collaboration with National Health Institutions

At the national level, PSU collaborates with government health agencies, national research organisations, professional bodies, and other universities.

The Faculty of Medicine participated in the 7th Thai National Health Examination Survey in collaboration with six government agencies and a network of five universities. The survey covered 22,822 people aged 15 years and older across 20 provinces and assessed health behaviours, physical health, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and other major health conditions.

The findings provide national evidence for monitoring population health and informing health-policy development.

PSU also works with organisations such as the Ministry of Public Health, the Health Systems Research Institute, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation, the Thai Food and Drug Administration, professional organisations, and educational institutions to strengthen health-service standards, research, innovation, and health-workforce capacity.

Collaboration with International Health Institutions

PSU maintains international collaborations with universities and health institutions to strengthen health education, research, innovation, and professional capacity.

Examples include collaborative agreements with Chiba University, Japan; Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; and Wenzhou Medical University, China. These collaborations support joint research, academic and student exchanges, and health-related innovation.

The Faculty of Nursing also maintains collaborative networks with international institutions to support teaching, research, health-related academic services, and knowledge exchange.

These international partnerships are further strengthened through academic platforms such as the 6th International Nursing Conference, held under the theme “Value Creations for Sustainable Health and Well-being of Mankind,” which brought together experts and participants from Thailand and abroad to exchange knowledge on health promotion, disease prevention, environmental health challenges, and global health.

Contribution to Health and Well-being

Through these active collaborations, PSU contributes to:

• improving access to community health services;

• strengthening maternal and child health;

• improving disease prevention and health literacy;

• supporting continuity and referral of care;

• generating national evidence for health-policy development;

• strengthening health-service standards;

• developing the capacity of healthcare professionals;

• advancing health research and innovation; and

• promoting international knowledge exchange in health and well-being.

Together, these partnerships demonstrate PSU’s continuing commitment to working with health institutions at multiple levels to improve health outcomes and advance SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being.