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The Department of Health, under the Health Bureau, is the health adviser of Hong Kong government and an executive arm in health legislation and policy. Its main role is to safeguard the health of the community through promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services in Hong Kong. [8] The main function of the department includes child ...
Health Info World, established in January 1999, is the health promotion and publicity section of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Charity donations from fundraising events are the main sources to support the ongoing health programs.
Healthcare in Hong Kong. Hong Kong 's medical infrastructure consists of a mixed medical economy, with 12 private hospitals and 43 public hospitals. [1] [2] Hong Kong has high standards of medical practice. It has contributed to the development of liver transplantation, being the first in the world to carry out an adult to adult live donor ...
The Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care ( Chinese: 善寧會) (SPHC) is a non-profit NGO that advocates and provides hospice and palliative care services in Hong Kong, China. It also conducts end-of-life research, education, and training. The organisation’s subsidiaries – Jockey Club Home for Hospice (賽馬會善寧之家) and Jesse ...
Centre for Health Protection. The Centre for Health Protection is an agency under the Department of Health in Hong Kong responsible for disease prevention and control. CHP plays the same role and function as the Centers for Disease Control in the United States, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in the European Union (EU).
Hong Kong 's Department of Health is responsible for healthcare policies and the provision of basic healthcare services and established in 1939. The public hospitals are managed by the department's Hospital Authority.
To enhance community participation, an annual health promotion programme and a patient resource centre were established in 1993, giving support to seven self-help patient groups. The hospital organised a Healthwork Campaign for the staffs of 28 hotels in Yau Tsim Mong District, and formed partnership programmes with the Hong Kong Hotels Association in 1995–96.
Health Bureau (Chinese: 醫務衞生局) is a part of the fifteen policy bureaux for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. They are responsible for the health portfolios.