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Health

to patients' consent. By the end of 2013, more than 339,000 patients, 3,020 private healthcare professionals (2,233 private medical practitioners and 787 nurses), 11 private hospitals and 74 other private organisations or NGOs providing healthcare-related services (including their 429 residential care homes or centres) had participated in the project.

Building on the experience and success of the pilot project, the government is implementing at 10-year programme to develop a territory-wide eHR Sharing System (eHRSS). The development of the core infrastructure of the eHRSS and its complementary components, including the Clinical Management System (CMS) Adaptation (for private hospitals) and CMS On-ramp (for private clinics) is near completion. To protect patients' privacy and system security, the FHB's Electronic Health Record Office is preparing eHR legislation and Codes of Practice for the eHRSS. The first phase of the eHRSS is planned to come into operation in late-2014.

Health Promotion

Healthy Lifestyle

The DH's Central Health Education Unit formulates and implements health promotion strategies. It runs various promotional campaigns and programmes to provide the public with information and advice on a range of health-related topics and to encourage healthy eating and regular physical activity.

In the 2012-13 school year, over 400 pre-primary institutions participated in the '[email protected]' campaign; 480 primary schools (including special schools) participated in the '[email protected]' campaign. In 2013, over 600 restaurants took part in the '[email protected]' campaign, while '[email protected]' project promoted health in the

workplace.

In addition, to prevent communicable diseases, the unit provided the public with updated information and health advice on infectious diseases through the media, webpages, promotional leaflets, posters, and telephone hotlines. It also produced health education materials in various languages to raise awareness of the need to prevent communicable diseases and related hygiene measures among ethnic minorities.

In addition, some 324 secondary schools, over 81,100 students and 1,300 parents and teachers enrolled in the Adolescent Health Programme and received its services.

AIDS Counselling and Education

The DH's 'Red Ribbon Centre' collaborates with its community partners to enhance public awareness and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to promote caring and acceptance of HIV patients. In 2013, the centre organised 17 major activities and 67 special programmes, with some 74,300 participants.

Information on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), sexually transmitted infections and multilingual AIDS hotlines is available at the DH's website (www.info.gov.hk/aids/).

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