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Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies

Orphans, especially those who experience maternal loss at a young age, face significant long-term negative impacts on their lives and psychological well-being, extending beyond the age of 18. As of July 2023, the global death toll of COVID-19 has reached 6.9 million, leaving behind an unknown number...

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Autores principales: Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, Iamsirithaworn, Sopon, Rittirong, Jongjit, Techanimitvat, Sanchai, Vapattanawong, Patama, Apiratipanya, Lucksana, Chanthama, Thiphaphon, Rueangsom, Putthipanya
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10616892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37915817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1260069
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author Tangcharoensathien, Viroj
Iamsirithaworn, Sopon
Rittirong, Jongjit
Techanimitvat, Sanchai
Vapattanawong, Patama
Apiratipanya, Lucksana
Chanthama, Thiphaphon
Rueangsom, Putthipanya
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Iamsirithaworn, Sopon
Rittirong, Jongjit
Techanimitvat, Sanchai
Vapattanawong, Patama
Apiratipanya, Lucksana
Chanthama, Thiphaphon
Rueangsom, Putthipanya
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description Orphans, especially those who experience maternal loss at a young age, face significant long-term negative impacts on their lives and psychological well-being, extending beyond the age of 18. As of July 2023, the global death toll of COVID-19 has reached 6.9 million, leaving behind an unknown number of orphans who require immediate attention and support from policymakers. In Thailand, from April 2020 to July 2022, the total number of COVID-19-related deaths reached 42,194, resulting in 4,139 parental orphans. Among them, 452 (10.9%) were children under the age of five, who are particularly vulnerable and necessitate special policy attention and ongoing support. While the provision of 12 years of free education for all and Universal Health Coverage helps alleviate the education and health expenses borne by households supporting these orphans, the monthly government support of 2,000 Baht until the age of 18 is insufficient to cover their living costs and other education-related expenditures. We advocate for adequate financial and social support for COVID-19 orphans, emphasizing the importance of placing them with relatives rather than institutional homes. In the context of post-pandemic recovery, this perspective calls upon governments and global communities to estimate the number of orphans and implement policies to safeguard and support them in the aftermath of COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-106168922023-11-01 Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies Tangcharoensathien, Viroj Iamsirithaworn, Sopon Rittirong, Jongjit Techanimitvat, Sanchai Vapattanawong, Patama Apiratipanya, Lucksana Chanthama, Thiphaphon Rueangsom, Putthipanya Front Public Health Public Health Orphans, especially those who experience maternal loss at a young age, face significant long-term negative impacts on their lives and psychological well-being, extending beyond the age of 18. As of July 2023, the global death toll of COVID-19 has reached 6.9 million, leaving behind an unknown number of orphans who require immediate attention and support from policymakers. In Thailand, from April 2020 to July 2022, the total number of COVID-19-related deaths reached 42,194, resulting in 4,139 parental orphans. Among them, 452 (10.9%) were children under the age of five, who are particularly vulnerable and necessitate special policy attention and ongoing support. While the provision of 12 years of free education for all and Universal Health Coverage helps alleviate the education and health expenses borne by households supporting these orphans, the monthly government support of 2,000 Baht until the age of 18 is insufficient to cover their living costs and other education-related expenditures. We advocate for adequate financial and social support for COVID-19 orphans, emphasizing the importance of placing them with relatives rather than institutional homes. In the context of post-pandemic recovery, this perspective calls upon governments and global communities to estimate the number of orphans and implement policies to safeguard and support them in the aftermath of COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10616892/ /pubmed/37915817 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1260069 Text en Copyright © 2023 Tangcharoensathien, Iamsirithaworn, Rittirong, Techanimitvat, Vapattanawong, Apiratipanya, Chanthama and Rueangsom. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Tangcharoensathien, Viroj
Iamsirithaworn, Sopon
Rittirong, Jongjit
Techanimitvat, Sanchai
Vapattanawong, Patama
Apiratipanya, Lucksana
Chanthama, Thiphaphon
Rueangsom, Putthipanya
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title Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
title_full Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
title_fullStr Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
title_full_unstemmed Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
title_short Children orphaned from COVID-19 in Thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
title_sort children orphaned from covid-19 in thailand: maximize use of civil registration database for policies
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10616892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37915817
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1260069
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