SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1979
EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH EDUCATION BEING STEPPED UP
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S' CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT IS STEPPING UP ITS EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HEALTH.
THE UNIT HAS BEGUN ITS SECOND RUBELLA VACCINATION PROGRAMME, AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY TWO SEPARATE CAMPAIGNS ON MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND ANTI-CANCER RESPECTIVELY NEXT YEAR.
ALSO IN THE PIPELINE,IS A PLAN TO PROVIDE HEALTH EDUCATION ON A REGIONAL BASIS. THE PROPOSED PLAN CALLS FOR THE SETTING OF THREE REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRES INITIALLY IN SHA TIN, KWAI CHUNG AND KWUN TONG IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
IN LINE WITH THIS EXPANSION PLAN IS THE RECENT REMOVAL
OF THE UNIT'S OFFICE FROM TANG CHỈ NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC TO CENTRE POINT BUILDING IN WAN CHAI. THE NEW OFFICE, TRIPLE THE SIZE OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, ENABLES THE UNIT TO HAVE ITS OWN EXHIBITION HALL, WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE ROOM AND REFERENCE LIBRARY,
DR. S. C. LEUNG, THE SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT SAIDI +THESE NEW ADDITIONS HAVE SMOOTHENED OUR WORK IN STAGING EXHIBITIONS AND PRODUCING AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR LENDING TO THE PUBLIC.
THE UNIT, A CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING AND ADVISORY BODY, IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN PROMOTING HEALTH EDUCATION.
SINCE IT WAS SET UP IN APRIL LAST YEAR, IT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ORGANISING CAMPAIGNS ON HYPERTENSION, EYE CARE, CHILD CARE, PREVENTION OF DEAFNESS, HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY, DONATION OF HUMAN ORGANS, DISEASE PREVENTION, PERSONAL HYGIENE AND FAMILY HEALTH.
THE UNIT IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING NEW HEALTH SERVICES POVIDED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF THE RUBELLA VACCINATION PROGRAMME AND THE COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SCHEME ON CHILD GROWTH.
+OUR CHIEF AIM IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH EDUCATION SO THAT EVERY MAN IN THE STREET IS AWARE OF ITS IMPORTANCE IN GUARDING HIMSELF AGAINST ILL-HEALTH,+ DR. LEUNG SAID.
APART FROM ALL THESE EFFORTS, THE UNIT ALSO PRODUCES A LOT OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS ON HEALTH EDUCATION. THEY CONSIST OF FILMS. SLIDES. PAMPHLETS, BOOKLETS AND POSTERS, SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY THE UNIT TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE PUBLIC.
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