MOPH core values to drive towards the vision of the Ministry of Public Health

Abstract

       The Ministry of Public Health has adopted the royal words of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej to be the organization's core values in order to drive towards the vision of the ministry - becoming a leading health organization for people's wellness. Personnel in all levels should dedicate themselves to improving and protecting the health care system, collectively and sustainably. This can be done by imprinting the core values in their minds. The core values, MOPH, are the initials of the Ministry of Public Health. The first initial, 'M' stands for Mastery conveying that personnel should possess leadership and a willingness to be their own boss, conquering greed, anger and misguidance.  The second initial, 'O' stands for Originality with regard to the need to create new policies and innovations which are advantageous to the public. The third initial, ‘P’ stands for People-centric approach, conveying that the organization's core principal of attentiveness to Thai people. The last initial ‘H’ stands for Humility, conveying personnel courteousness and to be service-minded in order to provide advice about how to take good care of one’s health. To achieve the aforementioned vision, the Ministry of Public Health has identified 4 strategies comprised P&P Excellence, Service Excellence, People Excellence and Governance Excellence. All of which aims to provide the best services to the public to "understand", be "accessible", and "reliable". All personnel of the Ministry of Public Health should adopt the core values of MOPH to their work starting with themselves. Making these into the habits, imprinted in their spirits, will ensure that any tasks to be achieved according to the ministry's motto, "healthy people, happy staff and sustainable health system".