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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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