Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

The Ministry of Public Health is responsible for health promotion, disease prevention and control, medical care services and rehabilitation and other affairs, by law, prescribed as authority of the Ministry of Public Health or agencies belong to it.

 

The organization aims to be the core agency in developing the health system with quality, efficiency and equality; with participation of the people, communities and all sectors for good health of all Thai people in order to achieve a good and sustainable society following the King’s Sufficiency Economy philosophy.

 

The agencies belong to the Ministry of Public Health are as follows:

• Office of the Minister
• Office of the Permanent Secretary
• Department of Medical Services
• Department of Disease Control
• Department for Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine
• Department of Medical Sciences
• Department of Health Service Support
• Department of Mental Health
• Department of Health
• Food and Drug Administration

 

Mission:

• Determine national and international health policy and strategy, concordantly with ongoing changes.
• Develop efficient and equitable integrated health service system for both normal situation and emergency with emphasis on basic rights, specialized service and emergency medicine, surveillance system, disease prevention and control and health threats.  
• Promote participation of all sectors to raise health consciousness, promote health and improve health behaviors.
• Develop health management system and mechanism to meet the quality standard, in line with Sufficiency Economy philosophy
• Determine health research and knowledge management direction policy.