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2021
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January 1st :Announced the introduction of tobacco cessation subsidized prescription pharmacy, effective on January 1st 2021.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 20:Executive Yuan Directorate-General of Personnel Administration invited Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Ministry of Interior, and MOHW to host a meeting on “whether actual medical service staff of local government health offices should be included in the hospitals, and not included in the statutory manning quota of local administrative agencies.”
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 23:HPA conducted “Transformation in public health centers“ functional project reports at the social and health affairs official meeting, and consent of local governments.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
August 3:Announced adding of 2 items of chronic diseases of “Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome and Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy” as rare diseases. We amended the name of “Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease” and “X-linked Hypophosphametic Rickets”.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 10:HPA proposed the APEC Life Science Innovation Forum “Accelerating Action on Cancer Control in APEC”, and hosted the third theme workshop- “Increase the accessibility of cancer treatment and arrangement.” 11 APEC member economies of Taiwan, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philipphines, Singapore, USA, China, Hong Kong, and Papua New Guinea, as well as 2 non-APEC member economies of India and Myanmar participated. Over 50 national and international experts participated.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
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2020
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August 21:HPA announced the amendment of “Points for Attention for Medical Service Institutes Conducting Preventive Healthcare Services.” It became effective on January 1st 2021.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
August 27-28:HPA and Kaohsiung City Government Health Bureau held the “2020 National Healthcare Meeting in Kaohsiung City. We focused on the theme of “Development community as fundamental public health services.” We invited the health bureaus of all the counties and cities and departments of MOHW to participate. Deputy Minister Shueh Rui-yuan gave a speech. Approximately 278 people participated. Other than awarding outstanding health bureaus and offices, in response to the activation of all kinds of services at the end of the year, including integrated functional evaluations for seniors, expanded screenings for Hepatitis B and C, and transformation of health office service functions and methods, we invited experts and implementors to conduct special topic speeches and arrange workshops for discussions and sharing.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 11:HPA hosted the “2020 Grandpas and Grandmas Come Together” National Final. Over 2,700 people participated. The average age was 67 years, with 148 seniors of age 85 and over. We also cooperated with county and city health and social administrative units, and selected 400 long term healthcare sites, health stations, and community development associations. Together they enjoyed watching live games, and participated in voting. Over 22,000 people were present.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 11:UDN conducted the “Taiwan Lung Cancer Think Tank Summit and Breathing in A New Era” The Global head of Health Policy, The Economist Intelligence Unit, David Humphreys explained the comparative analysis of lung cancer policies across the Asia-Pacific region. Taiwan ranked Number 1 in “Lung cancer is a strategic priority” and “Lung cancer is a focus for research.” “Lung cancer is a race against time” and “Lung cancer is at a crossroads” was Number 3.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 22:We held the “Senior Health Promotion Station Outstanding Group and Photography Competition–My Lively Diary.” A total of 46 community units and 202 photography works participated. Nine community units and 42 works received awards, which exhibited the spirit and motivation of active aging in communities. A total of 122 people participated.
Publish date: 2022-12-30
Last updated: 2023-03-08
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2019
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April 12:HPA and Griffith University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). We hope that the school’s expertises in climate change, environment, and health will provide us with consultations and recommendations in the three facets of climate adjustment and health, environmental health, and health sectors. Through academic and cultural exchanges, we hope to achieve the goal of collective development.
Publish date: 2020-10-22
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 15:HPA, Hsinchu County Government, and K-12 Education Administration collectively “Hsinchu Country Beipu Elementary School 4th Annual Health Promotion International Certification Golden Award Unveiling Ceremony.” Director General of HPA, Wang Ying-wei, K-12 Education Administration Director General Lin Liang-ching, and Hsinchu County Mayor Yang Wen-ke collectively participated in molding health promotion schools. Through students to patents, nutrition to exercise, concepts to actions, we fully invigorate health promotion as a way of living.
Publish date: 2020-10-22
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 18:HPA and Chiayi County Government and K-12 Education Administration collectively hosted “Chiayi County Puzi Middle School and Jingpu Elementary School 4th Annual Health Promotion School International Certification Golden Award Unveiling Ceremony.” HPA Director General Wang Ying-wei and Deputy Director Yu Li-hui, K-12 Education Administration Director Peng Fu-yuan, and Chiayi County Mayor Weng Chung-liang collectively participated in molding health promotion schools, and signed the “Golden quality health, collective community union” agreement, so the health events held in schools can be spread to families and communities.
Publish date: 2020-10-22
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 30-May 1:HPA hosted “APEC Conference on Smart Healthcare for Non-Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors Prevention and Control” at Chang Yung-Fa Foundation.” We invited experts and scholars from 12 countries such as, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, Vietnam, and the United States. We conducted experience sharing of diabetes intelligent technology and expert healthcare. In the two-day seminar, a total of 249 people from the industrial, government, and scholar circles participated. Together we discussed how to integrate ICT, use intelligent healthcare to upgrade chronic disease management, and their risk factor prevention and intervention
Publish date: 2020-10-22
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 7:World Health Day is on April 7th each year according to the World Health Organization, in order to recognize Universal Health Coverage, abbreviated as UHC. In 2019, the events of World Health Day combined with UHC themes, and simultaneously responded to “Walk the talk!” held on May 19th. From April 7th to May 19th, we continued to record the health steps of people participating in the event. We simultaneously connected with county, city, and local organization health walking events. There were 24 million steps in total (From Taiwan to Geneva, approximately 9,682 km, approximately 24 million steps). We used overall actions to encourage people to support Taiwan in joining WHO, and enter WHA, in order to increase the international visibility. People from 29 countries participated in this event. Over 75 organizations and 32 overseas offices, with a total of 67,000 people participating. 860 million steps were taken, which exceeded the goal of 24 million steps by 35.8 times.
Publish date: 2020-10-22
Last updated: 2023-03-08
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2018
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April 10-12:HPA held a luncheon in the context of the 2018 Geneva Health Forum. More than 80 local and international experts were invited to deliver speeches on the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the field of Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCD) and current developments in Asia, Europe, and America. They also engaged in discussions from an academic and medical practice standpoint. In addition, two bilateral conferences were organized to state Taiwan’s intention and determination to participate in the NCD Alliance and Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and relevant international conferences and discuss directions for future cooperation.
Publish date: 2020-06-20
Last updated: 2023-03-08
April 24:HPA organized a workshop on “College & University Faculty Active Aging Networks. ” The goal lies in the establishment of cooperation platforms and forming of partnerships in collaboration with faculty members of gerontology and geriatrics departments at colleges and universities and professionals in relevant institutions and organizations. This will facilitate the development of think tanks and resources in the field of active aging and age-friendliness issues.
Publish date: 2020-06-20
Last updated: 2023-03-08
August 13,17:The “APEC Third Senior Officials Meeting, SOM3” were convened in Papua New Guinea. The Executive Committee of the Life Science Innovation Forum held an event titled “APEC Roadmap on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control” on August 13. HPA Deputy Director-General Chen Jun-chiu was invited to give a speech on the health and life hazards posed by cervical cancer for women in Taiwan and the process and challenges of HPV vaccination policy formation from the perspective of epidemiology in Session 4: Building a Resilient Prevention and Immunization Eco-system. In addition, HPA, EJ Waramin, a manager from Papua New Guinea, and Charles Harvey, Regional Director Vaccine Public Policy Asia Pacific, MSD, shared policies and practical experiences in the implementation of HPV vaccination programs.
Publish date: 2020-06-20
Last updated: 2023-03-08
August 21:Promulgation of amendments to the “Regulations for Inquiring Kinship Information of Concern to the Children Born Through Assisted Reproduction, ” effective as of August 21st, 2018
Publish date: 2020-06-20
Last updated: 2023-03-08
August 23:HPA organized a press conference on “Climate Smart Hospitals” in Taiwan Adventist Hospital. Representatives of the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan and three healthy hospitals were invited to share concrete achievements in the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction including low-carbon diets, power savings, and water savings in the transition process from a major energy consumer to a climate smart hospital. HPA also arranged on-site demonstrations and presented results in the promotion of climate smart hospitals in three stages. In the future, it is planned to provide guidance for hospitals in the transformation into an environmental education center in close cooperation with the EPA.
Publish date: 2020-06-20
Last updated: 2023-03-08
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2017
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December 29:Legislative Yuan completed first reading of the “Revised Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act” which was sent to the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee for review.
Publish date: 2017-12-29
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 28:In order to enhance the efficacy of published data, 2015 cancer incidence data was published. Statistical analysis indicated that a further 105,156 individuals had contracted cancer, which meant that someone found they have cancer an average of every five minutes in Taiwan. Colorectal cancer remained the most frequent type of cancer for the 10th year in a row, though there was negative growth in the absolute number of people for the first time, making it the fastest falling type of cancer both in terms of absolute numbers and rate of occurrence. These figures were an indication that screenings for colorectal cancer was gradually having an impact and this was used to underscore emphasize to the public the importance of cancer screening.
Publish date: 2017-12-28
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 24:The “2017 Smoke Free Home Coloring Competition” was aimed at preschool students and received 27,874 submissions. A ceremony was held where the top 44 works receive awards, with the award-winning pieces exhibited at fixed locations, included as part of a touring exhibition with the interactive experience vehicle and calendars produced, to enhance the impact of the message.
Publish date: 2017-12-24
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 21:The 3,581st Cabinet meeting of the Executive Yuan reviewed and adopted the “Revised Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act.” The revised law introduced more stringent management of E-cigarettes, banned flavored cigarettes, expanded the use of pictorial warnings, expanded the ban on smoking in indoor public spaces, increased fines for repeat offenders, banned name sponsorship by tobacco firms, added legal and medical support and banned authorized advertising copying goods used for smoking.
Publish date: 2017-12-21
Last updated: 2023-03-08
December 13-31:Introduction of first “thirdhand smoke” tobacco hazard education interactive experience vehicle. This invited visitors to play the interactive game “Tobacco hazard detective and the chamber of the thirdhand smoke incident” in which players had to find the remnants of thirdhand smoke. This activity made tobacco control education part of daily life and taught the public about the danger to health posed by third-hand smoke. In conjunction with schools at all levels, business districts, seniors/communities a total of 12 interactive and promotional activities were held with nearly 10,000 participants.
Publish date: 2017-12-13
Last updated: 2023-03-08
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