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To realize "Health for All" advocated by the WHO, the MOHW has planned health promotion policies to benefit people at different stages of life (Figure 3-1). In response to UN's initiative of "Health in All Policies" to make progress in the SDG, health-promoting policies are systematically incorporated into cross-departmental decisions in order to achieve synergy Policy makers hope to improve health by considering all aspects of decision making.
The MOHW is actively working to establish an environment that is conducive to health in order to create a fair and healthy society that is sustainable. Furthermore, in conjunction with the WHO's "25 by 25" objective, relevant health issues have been incorporated into various policies as part of our administrative goals. By taking a whole-of-government, a whole-of- society and a life course approach, the MOHW shall formulate policies to improve health at the individual, societal, national and global levels.
Chapter 1 Healthy Childbirth and Growth
In order to promote healthy growth of infants and children, the MOHW actively promotes health among pregnant women, children, and adolescents.
▏Section 1 Maternal Health 1. Prenatal Care
(1) Starting from July 1, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has increased the number of prenatal examinations from 10 to 14, adding gestational diabetes mellitus screening, anemia testing ,and has increased the number of general ultrasound examinations from 1 to 3. In 2021, prenatal examination was used 1,541,103 times.
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Figure 3-1 A Cradle-to-Paradise, Community-Based Approach to Promote Raising health literacy and achieving healthy lifestyles
Promoting preventive healthcare services such as disease prevention / screening
Improving healthcare quality to better control chronic diseases and their prognoses
Building patient-friendly environments with more choices and greater equality
Cradle
Paradise
Student health checkups
Adult preventive healthcare Cancer screenings
Smoking cessation services Diabetes management
Kidney disease management Cancer care quality certification Services for cancer patients Hospice and palliative care
Subsidizing Infertility Treatment
Newlywed Health Handbook
Prenatal care & guidance
Mother and infant nutrition and health guidance Breastfeeding
Neonatal congenital metabolic disorderscreening and Newborn hearing screening
Children's preventive healthcare and health education service Preschool vision screenings
Strabismus and amblyopia screenings
A comprehensive infrastructure with a solid legal system, monitoring system, research, education/training, and domestic/international cooperation
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An Environment Conducive to Health