> Hospital Authority’s Better Health for
a Better Hong Kong
Date:
September 2000 – 2005
Project Description:
Co-organized
by the Li Ka Shing Foundation and the Health InfoWorld of the Hospital
Authority, Better Health for a Better Hong Kong is a territory-wide
outreach health promotion program that was launched in September 2000.
The program is set to run for five years, and 40,000 people from all
walks of life are expected to receive free basic health tests and
attend health promotion programs, allowing them to understand the
importance of early detection and prevention. As prevention is always
better than a cure, a host of educational activities and exhibitions
will be held to increase people's awareness of Hong Kong's six major
diseases and how to prevent them by living a healthy lifestyle. More
than 500,000 people are expected to benefit.
Project significance:
Promote the importance of early detection and prevention by providing
free tests and health education at the grassroots level.
Increase awareness of healthy living through outreach programs
and exhibitions. Raise productivity and promote prosperity through
reduction of illness and fatality rates.
Gather relevant statistics and provide them to the government and
the Hospital Authority to support their health care policy planning.
Co-organized
by the Li Ka Shing Foundation and the Health InfoWorld of the Hospital
Authority, Better Health for a Better Hong Kong is a territory-wide
outreach health promotion program that was launched in September 2000.
The program is set to run for five years, and 40,000 people from all
walks of life are expected to receive free basic health tests and
attend health promotion programs, allowing them to understand the
importance of early detection and prevention. As prevention is always
better than a cure, a host of educational activities and exhibitions
will be held to increase people's awareness of Hong Kong's six major
diseases and how to prevent them by living a healthy lifestyle. More
than 500,000 people are expected to benefit.