Thailand's administration and policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
Public administration is enacted as a legal status. It is constitutional responsibility as specified in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand that the government has to perform its duties necessary for the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness of society. This will ensure that the rights of people to receive benefits from the state truly happen. Public sector management is considered an important part of a relief mission, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, regulatory measures on policies and government agencies as tools have been deployed. This research article aims to study the public sector's policies and guidelines during the outbreak of COVID-19 by finding important research in the political, social, and economic structure of the government's adaptation. Qualitative Research with research synthesis on documents from relevant agencies, textbooks, academic documents, research papers, theses, the Internet, and online databases was conducted. The research synthesis adheres to the documents which are based on the truth and reliability. As for content analysis, a synthetic approach to research with a descriptive method on an economic system, political system, and social system was used. This can serve as a lesson to the government in terms of formulating policies and strategies to handle the pandemic in the future.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
P. Okada, et al., Early transmission patterns of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in travelers from Wuhan to Thailand, January 2020, Eurosurveillance, 25(8) (2020) 2000097.
Ministry of Public Health, Guidelines for community-building happiness by the sub-district quality of life management mechanism, a new way of life, safe from Covid 19, Northeastern region, the fiscal year 2021, Thailand, Bangkok: Ministry of Public Health, 2021.
Community-Public Health Professional Act, https://www.ilaw.or.th/node/1453 (accessed September 22, 2021).
A. J. He, Y. Shi, H. Liu, Crisis governance, Chinese style: Distinctive features of China's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Policy Design and Practice 3(3) (2020) 242-258.
C. Mcloughlin, Factors affecting state-non-governmental organization relations in service provision: Key themes from the literature, Public Administration and Development, 31(4) (2011) 240-251.
G. Lotta, E. Marques, E., How social networks affect policy implementation: An analysis of street-level bureaucrats' performance regarding a health policy, Social Policy and Administration 54(3) (2020) 345-360.
A. Zarychta, T. Grillos, K. P. Andersson, Public sector governance reform and the motivation of street-level bureaucrats in developing countries, Public Administration Review 80(1) (2019) 75-91.
W. Witthayapipopsakul, A. Kulthanmanusorn, V. Vongmongkol, S. Viriyathorn, Y. Wanwong, V. Tancharoensathien, Achieving the targets for universal health coverage: How is Thailand monitoring progress?, WHO Southeast-Asia Journal of Public Health 8(1) (2019) 12-20.
S. R. Smith, Street-level bureaucracy and public policy, Handbook of public administration (2003) 354-365.
S. Balsari, C. Buckee, T. Khanna, Which Covid-19 Data Can You Trust?, https://bit.ly/3dA1IDG (accessed September 5, 2020).
COVID Situation Report, Available online in August 25, 2021, Available from: https://covid19.ddc.moph.go.th/th
T. Thosawat, Development of people's social quality of life and prevention of the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Maha Chulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University Journal (7)9 (2020) 40-55.
Department of Disease Control, Guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccination Service in the Epidemic Situation Year 2021 in Thailand, Bangkok: Department of Disease Control, 2021.
S. Mathuros, Online education management in the era of NEW NORMAL COVID-19, Journal of Panyapiwat Institute of Management 15 (40) (2021) 33-42.
Private hospitals explain the cost of treatment for COVID-19: NHSO opens a list of free government payments. https://www.prachachat.net/ marketing/news-664963 (accessed September 22, 2021).
Board screening loan spending, Economic and social recovery plan from the impact of the Covid-19 virus, Bangkok: Loan Expenditure Screening Committee, 2020.
Office of the Commissioner, Economic and social rehabilitation plan from the impact of the Covid-19 virus, Thailand, Bangkok: Office of the Commission, 2020.
R. Forman, S. Shah, P. Jeurissen, M. Jit, E. Mossialos, COVID-19 vaccine challenges: What have we learned so far and what remains to be done? Health Policy 125(5) (2021) 553-567.
K. Schedler, I. Proeller, The new public management: A perspective from mainland Europe, In New Public Management: Routledge, 2005.
P. Tejativaddhana, W. Suriyawongpaisal, V. Kasemsup, T. Suksaroj, The roles of village health volunteers: COVID-19 prevention and control in Thailand, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 15(3) (2020) 18-22.
Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council, Master Plan under the National Strategy Issue 20, Thailand, Bangkok: Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council, 2021.