• November 15：Based on the ultimate objective (Endgame) embraced by various countries of reducing the number of people who smoke to below 5% of the total population, HPA organized a “2017 Pre-conference Seminar on Global Tobacco Control Policy.” Invitees included Dr. Elizabeth A Smith from the University of California San Francisco, Professor Prakit Vathesatogkit, Executive Secretary of the Action on Smoking and Health Foundation in Thailand and Professor Lam Tai-hing, school of Pubic Health, the University of Hong Kong. Local participant Dr. Kao Chih-wen discussed tobacco control policies in Taiwan as they related to FCTC/Endgame. This combination of local and overseas perspectives allowed the seminar to discuss tobacco control strategies in different countries and analyzed priorities with an eye to working towards the FCTC/Endgame. A total of 57 participants attended the seminar.

  發布日期：2017/11/15 更新日期：2023/03/08
• November 14：November 14th is “UN World Diabetes Day.” In concert with the declared theme for 2017 “Women and Diabetes - Our Right to a Healthy Future,” HPA, the Taiwanese Association of Diabetes Educators, Formosan Diabetes Care Foundation, Taiwanese Association of Persons with Diabetes and Miaoli County Government held a lantern lighting activity and conducted diabetes prevention promotional work to remind people of the importance of controlling/preventing diabetes.

  發布日期：2017/11/14 更新日期：2023/03/08
• November 12-14：The “5th AHLA International Health Literacy Conference” was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In order to showcase Taiwan’s achievements in health care and strengthen expertise at international health events, the HPA Director-General Wang, Ying-wei shared the experience about “Health Literacy in Taiwan Health Care Services” and showed the poster titled “Relationship between Health Literacy and Experienced Involvement in Shared Decision-making among Adults in Taiwan,” to exchange Taiwan experiences with South Asian Countries.

  發布日期：2017/11/12 更新日期：2023/03/08
• November 9：HPA visited the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). Also took the opportunity to visit Center Director Dr. Ursula Bauer and organized five meetings to exchange opinions with the which had long worked with HPA and the Centers’ Department for Cancer, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.

  發布日期：2017/11/09 更新日期：2023/03/08
• November 8-9：HPA organized “Compassionate City Workshop - Age-Friendly, Dementia-Friendly, Hospice-Friendly.” Speakers included Professor Allan Kellehear from the University of Bradford in the UK, Associate Professor Amy Y. M. Cho from the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong and Lu Pao-ching Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare. About 250 people attended the workshop including representatives from industry, government and academia in the fields of medicine and social affairs, as well as members of the public. Through keynote speeches and discussions of the topics of age-friendly, dementia-friendly and hospice-friendly, participants address ways in which healthy seniors or those are disable and suffering with dementia can continue to live locally, make a contribution and live lives of self worth.

  發布日期：2017/11/08 更新日期：2023/03/08
• October 24-25：HPA held “2017 International Conference on Tobacco Control” inviting international experts Professor Tania Voon from Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Professor Nick Wilson from the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, New Zealand, Professor Sarah Roache from Georgetown University Law Center, United States, Dr. Takahiro Tabuchi from the Osaka International Cancer Institute. Together with local experts in the fields of tobacco control and trade law participants exchanged experiences and discussed “tobacco litigation,” “new tobacco product controls,” “non-smoking environments,” “tobacco control and sustainable development goals” and “medical burdens and the responsibility of the tobacco industry.” The conference was attended by 87 participants.

  發布日期：2017/10/24 更新日期：2023/03/08
• October 22-23：Ministry of Health and Welfare, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the “2017 Global Health Forum in Taiwan” focused on the theme “Inspiration, Action, and Movement (IAM): Implementation of SDGs)” in conjunction with the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the long-term objective of improving national health and wellbeing. A number of renowned international experts and Taiwan academics, officials and experts attended the forum where they discussed how to fully realize the sustainable development goals through effective planning. The forum had 57 speakers from 35 countries and about 1,010 local expert participants.

  發布日期：2017/10/22 更新日期：2023/03/08
• October 21：A combination of health promotion hospitals, age-friendly health care institutions and tobacco free healthcare services held the “2017 International Conference on Health Promotion and Health Care Service.” Invited speakers included Hanne Tønnesen, chief executive officer of the International Health-Promoting Hospital Secretariat, Jürgen M. Pelikan, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion in Hospitals & Health Care and Dr. Dong Chun Shin from Yonsei University in South Korea. They also presented awards for innovative health promotion programs to 28 medical institutions. A total of 488 experts, academics, department of health representatives and hospital employees attended the conference.

  發布日期：2017/10/21 更新日期：2023/03/08
• October 12：HPA held the “2017 Youthful Seniors Together” national championships at which seniors showcase their vitality and artistic talent. The event was attended by President Tsai Ing-wen, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Dr. Jui-Yuan Hsueh and HPA Director-Greneral Wang Ying-wen. The final included 17 outstanding regional and offshore teams. Participants were an average of 69.3 years old, had a combined age of 50,000 years and 15 competitors are over 90. The oldest participant was 96. Competitors showed their self confidence and appealed by displaying their talent at singing, dancing and theater.

  發布日期：2017/10/12 更新日期：2023/03/08
• October 4-6：HPA held a parallel forum titled “Health Inequity: Threats and Opportunities” at the 2017 European Health Forum Gastein (EGFH) held in the Austrian town of Gastein to discuss health inequality policies in the Asia Pacific region, the current situation and efforts to eliminate inequality. As part of this, bilateral conversations were held with European Health Forum Gastein Chairman Dr. Clemens Auer and Secretary-generals Dorli Kahr Gottlieb and Professor Martin McKee. There was also discussion of training for young academics on both sides and cooperating with the AGFH.

  發布日期：2017/10/04 更新日期：2023/03/08

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