Dr. Jadej Thammatach-aree
Dr. Jadej Thammatach-aree is the Chairman of policy and evaluation cluster of National Health Security Office (NHSO), Thailand. NHSO is an independent organization of Ministry of Public Health responsible for Universal Health Coverage Scheme for 75% of Thai population.
He graduated Medical Doctor from Chulalongkorn University in 1990 and Master in Business Administration from Thammasat University Thailand in 1997. He worked as a director in community hospital for eleven year before moving to work at NHSO. After four years working at NHSO, he got European Union Scholarship to study PhD in Health Policy at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) during 2006-2009.
When Thailand implemented Universal Health Coverage Scheme (UCS) in 2001, he was the Director of Bureau of General Administration responsible for setting up various administration systems such as human resource, procurement etc. In 2013, he has appointed as the Chairman of policy and evaluation cluster responsible for planning budget, policy implementation, implementing new benefit package, monitoring and evaluation of UCS.
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