• April 12：HPA recommended Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, E-Da Hospital, Cathay General Hospital and Cardinal Tien Hospital for ENSH-Global Network for Tobacco Free Health Care Services Gold Certification. Also received an award at the “2017 Global Tobacco Free Health Care Services Gold Forum event” in Vienna, Austria.

  Publish date：2017/04/12 Last updated：2023/03/08
• April 12-14：More than 250 participants from Taiwan attended the “25th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services” in Vienna, Austria, with 480 submitted papers accepted, 121 of which were oral reports, an increase of about 40.7% on the past and the highest ever. HPA Director-General Wang Ying-wei was invited to speak on the experience of health promoting hospitals and the keys to their success in Taiwan during his opening ceremony speech. The conference also organized a parallel meeting on improvements in health literacy following the introduction of shared decision making by health promoting hospitals. Tung’s Taichung Metro Harbor Hospital received the conference’ Global Model Hospital Award, which for the sixth consecutive year was won by a hospital from Taiwan.

  Publish date：2017/04/12 Last updated：2023/03/08
• April 6：Announcement of newly added rare diseases “Methylmalonic Acidemia and Homocystinuria (Cb1 C type)”

  Publish date：2017/04/06 Last updated：2023/03/08
• April 1-7：HPA attended the 15th World Congress on Public Health in Melbourne Australia. These events focued on promoting health throughout life and various fields, showcasing Taiwan’s achievements in promoting the health of women and children, tobacco control, cancer prevention, health promotion schools, workplaces and age-friendly cities and health care institutions.

  Publish date：2017/04/01 Last updated：2023/03/08
• March 28-31：Upon the Economist Group’s invitation, Vice Minister Tsai Sen-Tian of the Ministry of Health and Welfare led his team to attend the “Health Care Forum War on Cancer 2017: Affordable Cancer Care in Asia” on March 30. Besides sharing with other attendees Taiwan’s policies regarding cancer care as a keynote speaker for “Keynote Panel 1: Priorities in Funding and Delivering Cancer Care,” Vice Minister Tsai also visited several public and private health organizations in Singapore, as well as the Biopolis of Singapore, in order to make the most out of this trip and support the government’s New Southward Policy.

  Publish date：2017/03/28 Last updated：2023/03/08
• March 28- April 1：Pontifical Academy for Life and the Maruzza Foundation held “Defining the Essence of Palliative Care for Older People: Religions Together,” and a multinational seminar on hospice care for seniors. HPA Director Wang Ying-wei was invited to attend the seminar and in addition to sharing Taiwan’s experience in hospice and spiritual care with different religions from around the world at the round table, also signed a charter calling on the world to embrace universal human rights and values by providing seniors with more care and support.

  Publish date：2017/03/28 Last updated：2023/03/08
• March 21-22：The “2017 National Health Assembly Conference” was held in Chiayi County with about 240 participants from the HPA and representatives from local government health departments across Taiwan. The conference addressed the theme “Working Together to Promote Active Aging and Create Age Friendly Society.” The HPA, Department of Nursing and Heath Care and the Social and Family Affairs Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare delivered plenary sessions, with health bureaus and health centers invited to share their experience. In addition, the meeting also presented Awards of Evaluation of Health Care Conducted by Health Bureaus of Local Governments in 2016 and Performance Awards and the 10th Golden Health Bureau Awards.

  Publish date：2017/03/21 Last updated：2023/03/08
• March 7：Chia-Yi Christian Hospital organized “Maternal and Infant Health Care Improvement Project in the Kingdom of Swaziland” and held seed teacher training classes. A total of 13 students visited the HPA to exchange opinions and learned about related laws and promotional practices in the field of reproductive health, breastfeeding, maternal and infant health care in Taiwan.

  Publish date：2017/03/07 Last updated：2023/03/08
• March 6：Three scholars from Saku University in Japan visited the HPA to learn more about national health and longevity policy and arranged to visit Zhongshan District health services center in Taipei City.

  Publish date：2017/03/06 Last updated：2023/03/08
• February 14：The Health Promotion Administration (HPA) held a video conference with Public Health England (PHE) and the two sides exchanged experiences dealing with dementia prevention strategies. The meeting was chaired by HPA Director-General Wang Ying-wei and five members of PHE took part. The heads of the Department of Nursing and Heath Care and the Social and Family Affairs Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare were also invited to attend. At the meeting, PHE’s Dr. Charles Alessi, HPA Community Health Division head Lin Li-ju and Taiwan Alzheimer Disease Association Secretary-General Tang Li-yu discussed the experiences of both sides and private sector groups as a reference for future work to prevent dementia.

  Publish date：2017/02/14 Last updated：2023/03/08

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