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03 ｜ An Environment Conducive to Health

To realize "Health for All" as advocated by the The MOHW actively endeavors to establish a
WHO, the MOHW has developed health promotion human-centered approach to healthcare services.
policies targeting individuals at various life stages Following the WHO's "25 by 25" target (to reduce
(Figure 3-1). These efforts align with the "Health premature mortality from non-communicable diseases
in All Policies" initiative and the United Nations by 25% by 2025), we integrate health issues into
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By integrating various policy goals and governance. Through a
health considerations into cross-departmental comprehensive "whole-of-government" and "whole-of-
public decisions, policymakers aim to enhance society" approach, we formulate and promote various
accountability and improve health outcomes through a public health policies, aiming to enhance the well-
comprehensive approach to decision-making. being of our nation's citizens.

Figure 3-1 A Cradle-to-Paradise, Community-Based Approach to Promote

Raising health literacy and Improving healthcare quality to
achieving healthy lifestyles better control chronic diseases and
their prognoses

Promoting preventive healthcare Building patient-friendly
services such as disease environments with more choices
prevention / screening and greater equality

Assisted reproductive subsidies Adult preventive healthcare
Prenatal checkups and health education Cancer screenings
Mother and infant nutrition and health Smoking cessation services
Cradle guidance Prevention of the three high-risk Paradise

Breastfeeding diseases: hypertension,
hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia
Neonatal congenital metabolic disorder
screening and Newborn hearing screening Cancer care quality certification
Child preventive healthcare, developmental Services for cancer patients
screening and assessment, and preschool
vision health Hospice and palliative care

A comprehensive infrastructure with a solid legal system, monitoring system,
research, education/training, and domestic/international cooperation

Chapter 1 Healthy Childbirth and
Growth
In order to promote healthy growth of children, screenings for gestational diabetes and anemia,
the MOHW actively promotes health among pregnant along with an increase in the number of routine
women, infants, children, and adolescents. ultrasound examinations to 3 times. In 2023,
there were a total of 1,505,433 prenatal care
Section 1 Maternal Health
visits, indicating an average utilization rate of
1. Prenatal Care 96.8% (Figure 3-2).
(1) Starting from July 1, 2021, the Ministry has (2) Financial assistance was provided for the "Group
increased the number of prenatal examinations B Streptococcus (GBS) Screening" for expectant
for pregnant women to 14 times (previously 10 mothers. In 2023, a total of 118,639 cases were
times). Additionally, the Ministry has introduced screened, with a screening rate of 87.3%.

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