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Khunying Kobchitt Limpaphayom


Khunying kobchitt Limpaphayom

The 2020 recipient of President’s Award of the IMS is Professor Khunying Kobchitt Limpaphayom, MD of Thailand.

Professor Limpaphayom, is an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist who, for over four decades, has dedicated herself to improving women’s reproductive health in Thailand and around the world.
She has been an advocate for postmenopausal women, and a staunch supporter of the IMS. Professor Limpaphayom served on the Board of the IMS, 2002-2008, and is a past President of Asia Pacific Menopause Federation.
In 2018 she received the United Nation Public Service Award for her work in cervical cancer prevention, cervical cancer being the leading cause of cancer death among Thai women.
Prof. Limpaphayom has been the project director of JHPIEGO's Cervical Cancer Prevention Program in Thailand since 2000. JHPIEGO initiated a multi-site project in rural Thailand in 2000 to demonstrate the feasibility of a single-visit approach (SVA) to cervical-cancer prevention. As President of Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists during the project's conception, Dr. Limpaphayom was instrumental in developing an initial RTCOG/JHPIEGO collaboration. She was also pivotal in gaining the support of the Ministry of Public Health and in creating a project advisory board.
Most of her initiative programme are adopted by the government and subsequently became national policy. She has also contributed to the area of human resource development for several countries since the Department of OB-GYN, Chulalongkorn University is designated as a WHO collaborating centre for Human Reproduction, where she designed and implemented an innovation menopause program leading to policy changes for well-woman care throughout Thailand.
She is currently Emeritus Professor in the department of OB&GYN, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Also, currently The Worldwide Ambassador for Jhpiego in Reproductive Health.

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