HPA Policy Highlights for 2023
Ⅰ. Policy Directions
Creating an all-around friendly environment that enhances the health, autonomy, and social connections of the elderly; implementing a person-centered service system that harnesses technological innovations to achieve a healthy and sustainable lifestyle based on smart technology.
Ⅱ. Policy Goals
Build a supportive environment for physical and psychological health and enhance health promotion for all across the lifespan.
1. Development of healthy living, construction of healthy environment, promotion of national nutrition and obesity prevention, prevention and control of tobacco and betel nut hazards, provision of diverse tobacco cessation services, and creation of tobacco and betel quid-free supportive environment.
2. Establish a comprehensive healthcare service environment for women, children and reproductive health, expand the coverage of the subsidies for in vitro fertilization, and improve maternal and child healthcare.
3. Enhancing the accessibility of physical activities for the elderly, establishing silver-haired fitness bases and conducting health promotion courses, creation of age-friendly and dementia-friendly communities and cities; strengthening chronic disease prevention and management, providing Adult Preventive Healthcare Services to strengthen early screening and interventions for chronic diseases, providing health education and instructions to risky cases, in conjunction with the Metabolic Syndrome Management Program implemented with National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA), to prevent their health conditions from progressing into diseases, establishing a service platform for functional ability assessment of elderlies for the early detection of frailties and functional declines within the population to offer early interventions and prevent or delay disabilities.
4. Expanding the screening of hepatitis B and C for the early detection of infected cases, in conjunction with treatment programs offered by National Health Insurance Administration, to achieve the national target of eliminating hepatitis C.
5. Develop precision cancer prevention health services, strengthen cancer prevention and early detection, improve the screening rates, follow-up rates, and quality of major cancer screenings; promote an integrated cancer resource network to reduce cancer mortality rates.
6. Reinforcement of education and empirical research on the health impacts of air pollution, conduct health surveys and monitoring across the life cycle of the population, strengthen the innovation of health monitoring data collection technology and methods, and continue to improve the adoption and application of digital and information communication technology in national health monitoring surveys.
Ⅲ. Key Performance Indicators
1. Infant mortality rate among indigenous regions and offshore islands maintained at or lower than the average of the past 2-4 years 6.39‰.
2. Under-5 mortality rate among indigenous regions and offshore islands maintained at or lower than the average of the past 2-4 years 1.43‰
3. Infant mortality rate maintained at or lower than 4.0‰.
4. Newborn mortality rate maintained at or lower than 2.4‰.
5. Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) maintained at or lower than the average of the past 3 years 13.4 o/oooo.
6. Cancer premature death rate in Taiwan maintained at or below 7.06%.
7. Probability of premature death by cardiovascular diseases maintained at or below 3.37%.
8. Probability of premature death by diabetes maintained at or below 0.93%.
9. Probability of premature death by chronic respiratory diseases maintained at or below 0.42%.
10. Average follow-up rates for positive cases of the four cancers maintained at or above 85%.
11. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults maintained at or lower than 47.1%.
12. Prevalence of adult insufficient physical activity maintained at or below 43.3%.
13. Prevalence of senior insufficient physical activity maintained at or below 56.1%.
14. Adult smoking rate decreased to below 12.8%.
15. High school student smoking rate decreased to below 6.8%.
16. Junior high school student smoking rate maintained at or below 2.7%.
17. Prevalence of adults daily consuming 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruits maintained at or higher than 18.0% for vegetables and 12.9% for fruits.
18. Daily salt intake of adults maintained at or lower than 8.6 grams for men and 6.9 grams for women.
Ⅳ. Policy Plans
1. 4th National Cancer Prevention and Control Program (2019-2023)
2. National Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Prevention Program (2021-2025)
3. Tobacco Control Program
4. Research on Holistic Health Promotion and Addiction Prevention and Control (2020-2023)
5. Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program—Urban and Rural Project 2.0—Public Service Point Maintenance—Silver Hair Fitness Club Subsidy Plan (2021-2025)
6. Constructing Precision Environmental Health Monitoring Research— Prospective Health Strategy Planning for Sustainable Development (2023-2026)