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Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand
Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on global morbidity and mortality. The effects of varying degrees of implementation of public health and social measures between countries is evident in terms of widely differing disease burdens and le...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.275818 |
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author | Nittayasoot, Natthaprang Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong Namwat, Chawetsan Dejburum, Patcharaporn Tangcharoensathien, Viroj |
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description | Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on global morbidity and mortality. The effects of varying degrees of implementation of public health and social measures between countries is evident in terms of widely differing disease burdens and levels of disruption to public health systems. Despite Thailand being the first country outside China to report a positive case of COVID-19, the subsequent number of cases and deaths has been much lower than in many other countries. As of 7 January 2021, the number of confirmed COVID-19-positive cases in Thailand was 9636 (138 per million population) and the number of deaths was 67 (1 per million population). We describe the nature of the health workforce and function that facilitated the capacity to respond to this pandemic. We also describe the public health policies (laboratory testing, test-and-trace system and mandatory 14-day quarantine of cases) and social interventions (daily briefings, restriction of mobility and social gatherings, and wearing of face masks) that allowed the virus to be successfully contained. To enhance the capacity of health-care workers to respond to the pandemic, the government (i) mobilized staff to meet the required surge capacity; (ii) developed and implemented policies to protect occupational safety; and (iii) initiated packages to support morale and well-being. The results of the policies that we describe are evident in the data: of the 66 countries with more than 100 COVID-19-positive cases in health-care workers as at 8 May 2020, Thailand ranked 65th. |
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spelling | pubmed-80856242021-05-04 Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand Nittayasoot, Natthaprang Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong Namwat, Chawetsan Dejburum, Patcharaporn Tangcharoensathien, Viroj Bull World Health Organ Policy & Practice Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a far-reaching impact on global morbidity and mortality. The effects of varying degrees of implementation of public health and social measures between countries is evident in terms of widely differing disease burdens and levels of disruption to public health systems. Despite Thailand being the first country outside China to report a positive case of COVID-19, the subsequent number of cases and deaths has been much lower than in many other countries. As of 7 January 2021, the number of confirmed COVID-19-positive cases in Thailand was 9636 (138 per million population) and the number of deaths was 67 (1 per million population). We describe the nature of the health workforce and function that facilitated the capacity to respond to this pandemic. We also describe the public health policies (laboratory testing, test-and-trace system and mandatory 14-day quarantine of cases) and social interventions (daily briefings, restriction of mobility and social gatherings, and wearing of face masks) that allowed the virus to be successfully contained. To enhance the capacity of health-care workers to respond to the pandemic, the government (i) mobilized staff to meet the required surge capacity; (ii) developed and implemented policies to protect occupational safety; and (iii) initiated packages to support morale and well-being. The results of the policies that we describe are evident in the data: of the 66 countries with more than 100 COVID-19-positive cases in health-care workers as at 8 May 2020, Thailand ranked 65th. World Health Organization 2021-04-01 2021-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8085624/ /pubmed/33953449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.275818 Text en (c) 2021 The authors; licensee World Health Organization. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution IGO License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In any reproduction of this article there should not be any suggestion that WHO or this article endorse any specific organization or products. The use of the WHO logo is not permitted. This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL. |
spellingShingle | Policy & Practice Nittayasoot, Natthaprang Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong Namwat, Chawetsan Dejburum, Patcharaporn Tangcharoensathien, Viroj Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title | Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title_full | Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title_fullStr | Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title_full_unstemmed | Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title_short | Public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand |
title_sort | public health policies and health-care workers’ response to the covid-19 pandemic, thailand |
topic | Policy & Practice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8085624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33953449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.20.275818 |
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