Policy 5: Improving the Quality of Public Health Services and Public Health
We want to make this happen in a short time by laying a stronger foundation of health services across the country. A committee will be established to oversee all three aspects of health security work to make sure that people receive and can access a comprehensive care on an equal standard. We will focus on prevention of disease rather than curing. A comprehensive health security system will be in place and more decentralized. Monitoring system of epidemics, emerging diseases, and re-emerging diseases will be strengthened.
Information regarding human trafficking, surrogacy, labor in the fishery industry, and agricultural labor has to be available in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ database. Related authorities must be able to communicate to foreigners about the Thai Government’s measures concerning human trafficking, alien workers, and more. Ministry of Foreign Affairs must be able to answer any question regarding these issues.
The Government will collaborate with other sectors to address issues of medical ethics, such as surrogacy, organ transplant, and stem cells. Strict laws will be enforced to bring serious punishment to all those involved in these controversial and illegal movements. We also see teenage pregnancy as a social problem which would consequently lead to economic losses.