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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989
"THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
(WHO)
HAS
THE
STRESSED THAT CARE SHOULD BEGIN MAIN THRUSTS OF A COUNTRY-WIDE STRATEGY IN HEALTH WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMMES THAT REACH WHOLE POPULATION," HE ADDED.
THE
PROVIDES KONG, TARGETS
"THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY IN DEVELOPING THE PHC SERVICES IN HONG AS BEING A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT IT WILL BE ABLE TO SET ITS OWN AND PRIORITIES.
DR
**
THE
HEALTH CARE OF BASIC HEALTH AND FAMILIES IN
LEE EMPHASISED THE
OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE SERVICES, DEFINED BY
WHO AS THE PROVISION SERVICES MADE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS THE COMMUNITY AT COST THAT THE COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY CAN AFFORD.
THESE SERVICES INCLUDE HEALTH EDUCATION, SAFE WATER AND BASIC SANITATION,
IMMUNISATION,
PREVENTION
FOOD AND NUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH/FAMILY
AND
ENDEMIC PLANNING,
CONTROL OF LOCAL
PROVISION DISEASES, TREATMENT OF COMMON DISEASES AND INJURIES AND THE OF ESSENTIAL DRUGS.
PREVENTION AND PROMOTION BUT
IN EFFECT, PHC COVERS NOT ONLY ALSO CURATIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES.
ALL SUCH UNDER THE EXISTING SYSTEM IN HONG KONG, DR LEE SAID,
AND FAMILIES IN SERVICES WERE UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TO INDIVIDUALS THE COMMUNITY AT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOMES AT AN AFFORDABLE COST. PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, AT NO AND, FOR MOST OF THE CHARGE.
ESSENTIAL
IN THE
COMMUNITY,
THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS IN
HE HEALTH IHEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG WERE PAYING DIVIDENDS:
MAINTAINING A HIGH LEVEL OF
THAT SAID, SHOWED
THE PHC
THE POPULATION,
TERRITORY
AND
DESPITE HONG KONG'S DENSITY OF IS VIRTUALLY FREE FROM DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES EPIDEMICS.
THE LOW
INFANT
MORTALITY
AND THE RATE
LOW
MATERNAL THE
MORTALITY RATE ARE THE ENVY OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES IN WORLD.
票
PEOPLE TODAY LIVE MUCH LONGER, ON AN TWO TO THREE DECADES AGO.
AVERAGE, THAN. THOSE
FOR
MALES AND 79
FOR
FEMALES
THE LIFE EXPECTATION IS 74 COMPARED WITH 67 AND 75 RESPECTIVELY 15 YEARS AGO.
EXPECTATION
OF THE
COMMUNITY
THE
AND WITH THE RISING
IS DETERMINED ADVANCEMENT IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE, THE DEPARTMENT
LEADING ROLE IN FURTHER TO MEET THESE NEW CHALLENGES AND TO TAKE A
OF QUALITY AND IMPROVING AND EXPANDING THE HEALTH SERVICES IN TERMS QUANTITY," DR LEE SAID.
"TO
ACHIEVE
THESE
OBJECTIVES,
WE
BODIES, PROFESSIONAL,
NEED THE ACADEMIC
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS,
SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES
AND
INVOLVEMENT OF THE
GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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